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(Ohio University) A study proposed to better help military personnel fully recovery from knee injuries has been awarded a research grant of $750,000 from the United States Department of Defense.

A mouse study suggests most neurons in the intestines die every two weeks. An imbalance in the number of neurons could lead to gut diseases or even Parkinson's

Experts explained that the companies aren't really doing science, so it's not surprising that they produce different results.

Climate change reaches all the way to the bottom of the sea.

Many ancient Inca traditions continue to be appreciated and are carried out today by their decedents.

(American Physical Society) Imagine building a machine so advanced and precise you need a supercomputer to help design it. That's exactly what scientists and engineers in Germany did when building the Wendelstein 7-X exp...

Scientists of the future huddle around a computer, waiting for an HD live stream of the incoming asteroid. As the probe that will provide the crucial communication slowly moves into view of the asteroid, they know that e...

According to researchers, drinking coffee could reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. The study reports dark roasted coffee appears to have better neuroprotective qualities than light roasts...

Contrary to what many people believe, outer space is not empty. In addition to an electrically charged soup of ions and electrons known as plasma, space is permeated by magnetic fields with a wide range of strengths. Ast...

A new study identifies a genetic mutation that may influence the severity of CTE.

Researchers shed light on how the mammalian brain processes critical social information.

A new study of pigeons reveals hemispheric dominance in the brain is caused by slight differences in temporal activity patterns.

A new study reveals diet has an impact on the fitness of cells lining the intestinal tract. Researchers report in flies, dietary restrictions prevent leaky gut with aging, while a rich diet prompts intestinal permeabilit...

Researchers report sleep disruptions may not only be a symptom of neurological diseases, circadian rhythm disruptions may drive the brain pathology that contributes to anxiety, dementias and other disorders.

Adults with happy childhood memories report better physical health and lower instances of depression than those with less positive early memories, a new study reports.

Physicists at the University of Alberta in Canada have developed a new way to build quantum memories, a method for storing delicate quantum information encoded into pulses of light.

Washington State University researchers for the first time have shown that they can use electrical fields to gain valuable information about the tiny, floating vesicles that move around in animals and plants and are crit...

Sit back, clear your mind, and let this imagery sink in: "buckets and buckets and buckets full of tiny octopi."

Lasers have a unique ability to precisely drive, manipulate, control, and probe matter utilizing an incredible variety of methods. While they often operate behind the scenes, lasers are the backbone of revolutionary scie...

Dorothy Hodgkin should be on the new £50 note, says Alice Bell. She discovered the structure of vitamin B12 and is the only British woman to have won a science Nobel

Swallowing a live garden slug led to a serious parasitic infection for an Australian teen.

Researchers implicate MIR-137 as a potential causal factor in schizophrenia and ASD.