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Auroras paint the sky around the poles when the sun is particularly active, flinging highly charged particles at Earth's atmosphere -- but to scientists' surprise, displays at the north and the south don't precisely matc...

Researchers shed light on the endocannabinoid system and report how cannabis is helping to provide relief to many with medical problems.

Physicists envision that the future of quantum computation networks will contain scalable, monolithic circuits, which include advanced functionalities on a single physical substrate. While substantial progress has alread...

Contrast sensitivity may be a result of small eye movements people may not be aware they are making, a new study reports.

Researchers have developed a new method for tracing neural connections with unprecedented sensitivity.

Researchers report up to 7% of people living with epilepsy experience social anxiety disorder.

Good neighbors often share resources: a cup of sugar, extra lawn chairs, a set of jumper cables. Researchers across campus at the University of Arizona will soon be able to share a less common--and far more valuable--res...

According to researchers, forming both good and bad habits depends more on how often you perform an action than the satisfaction you get from the action.

Fish and birds are able to move in groups, without separating or colliding, due to a newly discovered dynamic: the followers interact with the wake left behind by the leaders. The finding offers new insights into animal ...

Researchers report NBA players who are more skilled than their peers early in their careers remain more skilled as they age. Additionally, they have a slower decline in their performance after the peak of their careers.

Researchers report sleep deprivation intensifies and prolongs pain.

According to a new study, the consequence of daily stress is linked to an increase in REM sleep. Researchers report the increase is associated with genes involved in apoptosis and cell survival. The findings shed light o...

An analysis of books shows that cultural norms are loosening in the US, but it may be missing the views from underrepresented groups in publishing

Researches report higher levels of the satiety hormone CCK could decrease a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

Data scientists trained computers to pick out useful information from LSST's hi-res snapshots of the universe. A new telescope will take a sequence of hi-res snapshots with the world's largest digital camera, covering th...

In a battle against Russia more than 200 years ago, a French soldier in Napoleon's Grande Armée was slashed in the face with a saber. He died a few weeks later, his body laid to rest in a mass burial pit in what was th...

Sinkholes and fissures are opening up the earth around Tehran, Iran's capital city.

A new test detects mutations in 30 genes by sequencing small amounts of fetal DNA in a mother's blood

Many complex systems in biology can be conceptualized as networks. This perspective helps researchers understand how biological systems work on a fundamental level, and can be used to answer key questions in biology, med...

Italian violin-making masters of the distant past developed varnishing techniques that lent their instruments both an excellent musical tone and impressive appearance. Few records from this era have survived, as techniqu...

Despite being the most advanced quantum technology, secure encryption of information units based on a method called quantum key distribution (QKD) is currently limited by the channel's capacity to send or share secret bi...

Summary The most basic type of quantum information processing is quantum entanglement. In a new study published in EPJ B, Zhaonan Zhang from Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China, and colleagues have provided a much fi...