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(DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory) Researchers at NSLS-II used ultrabright x-rays to generate 3D nanoscale maps of a single bacteria's chemical composition with unparalleled spatial resolution.

Scientists at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)--a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory--have used ultrabright x-rays to image single ba...

Researchers report social isolation increases the risk of death, heart disease and cancer.

Scientists from around the world have unanimously voted for a new definition of the kilogram - one based on fundamental constants instead of "Le Grand K"

Researchers have managed to find a way to measure social 'jet lag', a mismatch between circadian rhythm and the realities of daily schedules, by analyzing patterns of activity on Twitter.

A new deep learning algorithm may help children affected by abuse to disclose information about their experiences.

The Gaia satellite has spotted a ghost galaxy with a lower surface brightness than any stellar system we've ever seen - but the discovery is being questioned

Water contaminated with heavy metals, such as lead, could be cleaned up by thousands of microbots built from mushroom spores

The boundaries between digital and physical space are disappearing at a breakneck pace. What was once static and boring is becoming dynamic and magical. For all of human history, looking at the world through our eyes was...

An international team of researchers has identified and proved that adding impurities with a lower concentration of electrons stabilizes the antiferromagnetic state of cuprates, high-temperature superconducting compounds...

Why did the European Space Agency create a whole bunch of fake moon dust and use it to 3D print small screws, gears and even a fake coin?

A project by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has for the first time implemented a model of quantum artificial life on a quantum computer.

Innocent-looking bubbles can serve as a launching pad to spread bacteria from water into the air, according to a new study.

Players of a video game must kill a virtual parasite by changing the temperature of their gut, which is measured by an ingestible sensor

Humankind is about to sever one of the links between its present and its past.

Advanced materials are vital ingredients in products that we rely on like batteries, jet engine blades, 3-D-printed components in cars. Scientists and engineers use information about the structure and motion of atoms in ...

Going, going -- nope, it's still just going, NASA says of its Voyager 2 probe, which the agency realized was approaching the edge of the solar system back in early October.

Come early Sunday morning (Nov. 18), the famous Leonid meteor shower will reach its peak, with lesser numbers expected on the preceding and following mornings.

Only 4 hours after it started, the Camp Fire was ravaging Paradise, California.

Just over half of the United States has no need to fear a frigid, frozen winter in the coming months -- instead, they'll likely experience a warmer and wetter winter than usual, according to the National Oceanic and Atmo...

Moving backwards - or simply imagining doing it - can be enough to improve scores on memory tests, but we don't know why

Who says wildlife isn't funny?