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The properties of quantum mechanics could be used in technology and encrypting messages, but the disadvantage is the occasional disappearance of information. For the first time, a research group consisting of Finnish and...

Researchers conducted a randomized experiment and found that diners at full service restaurants whose menus listed calories ordered meals with 3 percent fewer calories -- about 45 calories less -- than those who had menu...

Researchers have detailed a mechanism that sets the stage for the fate decision that gives rise to two major subsets of effector cells: T follicular helper cells and non-T follicular helper cells, known as Tfh and non-Tf...

Sleeping sickness-causing parasites contain an unusual protein synthesis machinery. A team of researchers has resolved its very special structure for the first time.

Researchers have created a massive database of the changes in gene activity of individual cells in the cerebellum during embryonic development and immediately after birth. The analysis of thousands of brain cells isolate...

Astrocytes' important role in brain function suggests they are also involved in disease. Now, scientists have identified an astrocyte subpopulation as the dominant cell type to spring into action in vivo in a neuroinflam...

Scientific and medical institutions must fundamentally reconsider how they address sexual harassment in the workplace, experts argue in a new article.

Leptospirosis infections, caused by Leptospira bacteria, occur in people and animals around the world, but different strains of the bacteria may vary in their ability to cause disease and to jump between species. Now, re...

New insights into how Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus induces genome instability and promotes cell proliferation could lead to the development of novel antiviral therapies for KSHV-associated cancers.

Much remains unknown about a group of individuals known as HIV post-treatment controllers, including how rare this ability is. Two new studies explore the characteristics of this group as well as the biological mechanism...

Researchers have discovered links between chemicals that are widely used in cosmetic and personal care products and changes in reproductive hormones.

In a new paper, physicians describe the barriers that stand in the way of getting expedited partner therapy to more people.

Researchers have helped characterize a genetic variant that enables new understanding of why some people are at risk of gout, a painful and debilitating arthritic disease.

Researchers have identified a new neural mechanism that contributes to long term stress and PTSD. The study reports the mechanism is mediated by brain fluid in areas associated with stress response.

Researchers report it may be possible to detect dementia from human interaction with a computerized avatar and machine learning algorithms.

DelFly is a robot that flies through a room with as much agility as a real fly using its flappy wings. It is also helping researchers understand how insects move

If we want to avoid extinctions and preserve the ecosystems all life depends on, half of the Earth's land and oceans should be protected by 2050, say biologists

A new study reports people use confirmation bias, even when a decision they make has little to no consequence.

An international team of researchers led by The Australian National University (ANU) has invented a tiny camera lens, which may lead to a device that links quantum computers to an optical fibre network.

At its latest product launch, Apple announced its smartwatches would get an upgrade letting people take an ECG of their own heart, but this could do more harm than good

Who will take home this year's Ig Nobels, the world's most unusual science prizes?

These microbes lurking in your gut, produce their own electricity