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The causes of aging are extremely complex and unclear. With the dramatic demonetization of genome reading and editing over the past decade, and Big Pharma, startups, and the FDA starting to face aging as a disease, we ar...

Researchers have found that certain ultra-thin magnetic materials can switch from insulator to conductor under high pressure, a phenomenon that could be used in the development of next-generation electronics and memory s...

Can you spot our own sun in this map of more than 800 million stars in the area surrounding the Milky Way?

With X-ray microscopes, researchers at PSI look inside computer chips, catalysts, small pieces of bone, or brain tissue. The short wavelength of the X-rays makes details visible that are a million times smaller than a gr...

A new MRI study reveals the neocortex and hippocampus are involved in mediating memory interference.

A new study reports those with the highest genetic propensity to mental illness are twice as likely to be hospitalized for depression than those with the lowest propensity.

Genetic modification purposefully alters the genetic makeup of organisms through controlled breeding or via genetic engineering technologies such as CRISPR.

Florida State University researchers have found that abrupt variations in the seafloor can cause dangerous ocean waves known as rogue or freak waves--waves so catastrophic that they were once thought to be the figments o...

This is (Dolphin) Spinal Tap.

For the scientists that study animal behavior, even the simplest roundworm poses huge challenges. The movement of squirming worms, flocking birds and walking humans changes from moment to moment, in ways that the naked e...

In a single sneeze or a cough, as many as 40,000 tiny droplets are forcibly propelled from the mouth and nose into the air. Researchers from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) have recently developed a method to collec...

NIMS and Hokkaido University jointly discovered that proton transfer in electrochemical reactions is governed by the quantum tunneling effect (QTE) under the specific conditions. In addition, they made a first ever obser...

The rules of quantum mechanics describe how atoms and molecules act very differently from the world around us. Scientists have made progress toward teasing out these rules--essential for finding ways to make new molecule...

Black holes aren't black; they often shine brighter than a galaxy.

Japanese rhinoceros beetles have a simple gearing mechanism that ensures their mouthparts move in synchrony and helps them chew tough bark

The librarian hadn't fallen under a magical spell, but he still felt enchanted when he unexpectedly discovered seven handwritten parchments detailing the legendary adventures of Merlin and King Arthur.

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Americans across the Midwest and Northeast can agree on one thing -- it's really, really cold this week -- and a NASA satellite monitoring air temperatures confirms the sentiment.

There is a huge stream of gas orbiting with our galactic neighbours, and it may come from a nearby unseen dwarf galaxy that is being consumed by the Milky Way

The 'dark' side of the moon isn't really darker than the 'light side of the moon. But it does appear to get colder at night.

(Wiley) The impressively high conversion rates of natural enzymes partly result from increasing the catalytic activity of a selected few amino acid side chains through precise positioning within the protein binding cavit...