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Sequencing the genomes of healthy newborns has helped identify genetic mutations that can result in childhood-onset diseases

Brain scanning has revealed that grieving people can actively suppress thoughts of a dead relative without realising that they are doing it

A new study reveals the role synaptic feedback systems play in shaping learning processes. The findings could help develop more efficient artificial intelligence techniques.

According to researchers, obese mice have increased levels of senescent cells in their brains, and these cells contribute to anxiety. Using senolytics to clear the cells helps to reduce anxiety related behaviors.

Researchers discover the protein nestin produced in astrocytes plays a role in inhibiting neural differentiation. The study reports nestin does not control adult neurogenesis by acting within neural stem cells, but by re...

A new study reveals the intestine as a source of immune cells that help reduce neuroinflammation in patients with multiple sclerosis. Increasing the number of these cells helps block inflammation entirely, researchers re...

Rice University physicists have created the world's first laser-cooled neutral plasma, completing a 20-year quest that sets the stage for simulators that re-create exotic states of matter found inside Jupiter and white d...

Compensating for a fundamental flaw in photosynthesis boosts biomass in tobacco by up to 40 per cent - next up are food crops

Researchers from Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed a way to make cell phones and power lines more durable.

This is the first reported sighting of Chinese researcher Jiankui He since his appearance at a conference in November.

LIKE A BLIND prophet, the observatory perched atop Cerro Pachón in the Chilean Andes ponders the heavens. Eyeless for now, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will from 2022 turn into the biggest digital camera o...

Sometimes, at sunset, the sun appears to suddenly and briefly change color. Blink, and you'll miss it.

There's no "compelling evidence" for important health benefits from sugar substitutes, according to the review.

Dr. Thomas Lehner was tired of his research repeatedly hitting a wall. A scientist at the National Institute of Mental Health, Lehner studies the genetic underpinnings of neuropsychiatric disorders. Teasing out associate...

On the 10th of our 12 Days of Culture, artists from CERN's Collide International Residency show how they tackle the problem of describing science like it is

China's robotic Chang'e 4 mission touched down inside the huge South Pole-Aitken basin Wednesday (Jan. 2), pulling off the first-ever soft landing on the largely unexplored lunar far side.

Images captured by the United States' first spy satellites have a new audience: scientists.

The enormous fortress was constructed at a time when Egypt was ruled by the Ptolemies, a dynasty of pharaohs descended from one of Alexander the Great's generals.

On a desert mountain in Chile, a mega telescope is peering over the event horizon of a black hole - the aim is to test Einstein's theories to the limit

On a mountaintop in Chile sits the world's most powerful optical telescope, searching for the edge of black holes, and using huge lasers to guide its gaze

The fortress would have protected a port that was used to transport war elephants.

On 3 January, the Chinese lander Chang'e 4 became the first spacecraft ever to land on the far side of the moon, and it has just rolled out its rover, Yutu-2