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The multiverse may be an artifact of a deeper reality that is comprehensible and unique --

The CERN research board has approved the Forward Search Experiment, giving a green light to the assembly, installation and use of an instrument that will look for new fundamental particles at the Large Hadron Collider in...

There's a test for Alzheimer's risk that genetic counselors don't like to talk about. It's not that they're hiding the information--rather, it's because Alzheimer's has no cure. There are no consensus methods to actively...

Following news of a man who has been free of HIV since cancer treatment, a third case has now been reported, adding to evidence it may be possible to cure HIV

The brain decreases its chatter, the heart weakens and balloons up

Preventing depression isn't as simple as taking a dietary supplement every day, a new study suggests.

An intermittent low-calorie diet eased inflammatory bowel disease in mice and it may do the same for people with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis

Researchers describe their findings about how the Foxg1 gene is involved in the development and differentiation of neurons and glial cells from stem cells.

The story of the latest experiment approved for installation at the Large Hadron Collider starts with a theorist and a question about dark matter. Jonathan Feng originally described himself as a high-energy-collider guy,...

Migrating cells must overcome physical barriers such as tight pores in finely meshed tissues. A recent study by a team of LMU biophysicists provides a new theory to describe how cells manoeuvre such confining environment...

Neuroimaging research from NIH/NIAAA provides a new method to characterize how brain activity relates to glucose consumption, which could help us understand how alcohol and other substances and activities affect our brai...

IBM has announced at this year's American Physical Society meeting that its System Q One quantum computer has reached its "highest quantum volume to date"--a measure that the computer has doubled in performance in each o...

Optical clocks of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, Japan) and LNE-SYRTE (Systemes de Reference Temps-Espace, Observatoire de Paris, Universite PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Universite, Fra...

Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed an easy-to-use, tunable biosensor tailored for the terahertz range. Images of mouse organs obtained using the new device verify that the sensor is ...

The laser is the perfect light source--as long as it is provided with energy, it generates light of a specific, well-defined colour. However, it is also possible to create its opposite--an object that perfectly absorbs l...

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a new way to perform functions essential to future computation three orders of magnitude faster than current commercial devices. The team lead by Associate Professor Shin...

Here's a look at the biblical artifacts that will likely never turn up, from the Ark of the Covenant to Noah's Ark.

Massive hunks of space rock may be a lot harder to explode than you'd think.

Opium-addicted parrots are "wreaking havoc" on India's licensed poppy farms, and scaring them with firecrackers isn't helping.

If you shrank yourself down and entered a proton, you'd experience among the most intense pressures found anywhere in the universe.

The digitization of paintings could help art historians detect previously unknown patterns and connections --

The warty comb jelly is unique among animals, because its anus completely disappears when it has finished defecating