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A new study reports the neurons that focus on coarse visual details could change to prefer finer details under different conditions. The findings shed new light on the neural mechanism that helps shape our perception of ...

A simple skin test appears to predict those most at risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder - a finding that may help them get the support they need

Live Science has gathered all the weird Google Earth sightings of the year, mixing the false alarms with authentic surprises. Can you guess which is which?

Researchers report using primary targeted muscle reinnervation during amputation helps to reduce, and in some cases, prevent phantom limb and stump pain in patients.

Researchers report helping the immune system clear away old senescent cells in aging mice helped to restore youthful characteristics. The findings could have implications for reversing the effects of aging in humans.

The Californian firm Alkahest has begun a trial to see if injections of an extract of younger adults' blood can improve Parkinson's symptoms in older people

Researchers provide strategies for enhancing brain health and lowering stress in the new year.

Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have recorded, for the first time, the "temporal coherence" of a graphene qubit--meaning how long it can maintain a special state that allows it to represent two logical states simultan...

Researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York and at the City College of New York (CCNY) have developed a metamaterial that can transport sound in un...

Feed enough energy into a gas of ultracold atoms and it will create waves that produce a burst of quantum fireworks

Sometimes, you just really want a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. And, as long as you're not allergic to the ingredients, that's totally fine. At least, that's what one woman thought.

What's the deal, Antarctica?

If you're thinking of taking up a new pursuit, vague, open goals may be better to help you do it than setting hard targets, we find on the seventh of our 12 Days of Culture

(Weizmann Institute of Science) Helping the immune system clear away old cells in aging mice helped restore youthful characteristics.

(National Centre for Biological Sciences) In a recent study, Joseph Jose Thottacherry, along with his collaborators from other Indian and Spanish institutes, has tried to understand how cells maintain their shapes in spi...