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(University of California - Santa Barbara) How do we develop from a mass of undifferentiated cells into organisms of tissues and organs with specific three-dimensional morphologies and architectures? That question has be...

(Syracuse University) Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University have confirmed that matter and antimatter decay differently for elementary particles containing charmed quarks.

Scientists recently unraveled a physics puzzle that has stymied experts since the dawn of quantum mechanics.

African Americans who suffer from major depressive disorder are more likely to be misdiagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia than people from other ethnic or racial groups. Findings suggest doctors may be putting more ...

Sports participation is associated with increased hippocampal volume in children. For boys, the change of hippocampal volume was linked to a reduction of depressive symptoms. Findings suggest participating in sporting ac...

A mathematical algorithm developed by the Blue Brain Project can objectively classify different shapes of neurons in the brain. The algorithm has already helped researchers objectively identify 17 types of pyramidal neur...

Medical artificial intelligence is brittle. Although it promises to quickly analyse medical scans, it can trip up on seemingly innocuous issues

The field of metamaterials involves designing complicated, composite structures, some of which can manipulate electromagnetic waves in ways that are impossible in naturally occurring materials.

One of the worst cyclones to hit southern Africa left flooding that could be seen from space.

Chinese police will soon add a cloned puppy detective to their ranks.

In an increasingly digital world, it's small wonder that we're constantly searching for ever-more-sophisticated ways to interact with photographs and images: designers scan a 3D prototype and import its dimensions into a...

Brain scans suggest that mistreatment during childhood is linked to changes in brain structure that may make depression more severe in later life

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University have confirmed that matter and antimatter decay differently for elementary particles containing charmed quarks.

FOR THOSE whose hearts occasionally go off rhythm, pacemakers are, quite literally, life savers. By providing a small electrical jolt at the right moment, they can keep a heart working at the appropriate pace. Their main...

"WE WERE SHOCKED," says Brad Lister, of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. "We couldn't believe the first results. I remember [in the 1970s] butterflies everywhere after rain. On the first day back [in 2...

Why do we exist? This is arguably the most profound question there is and one that may seem completely outside the scope of particle physics. But our new experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider has taken us a step clo...

A new experiment at the world’s most powerful particle collider sheds light on an enduring cosmic mystery --

Physicists at EPFL propose a new "quantum simulator": a laser-based device that can be used to study a wide range of quantum systems. Studying it, the researchers have found that photons can behave like magnetic dipoles ...

The elemental composition of Earth and sun are unexpectedly similar.

A speedy pulsar moving 1100 kilometres per second is racing away from the supernova explosion that created it in this image taken by the Very Large Array radio telescope

A way of turning cellulose from plants into a superior jet fuel might help limit the growth in greenhouse gas emissions from flying

Three-quarters of people in studies linking genetics and health are of white European descent, leading us to miss vital clues, says researcher Scott Williams