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Two incredible new images from the Hubble Space Telescope show galaxies in all their shining glory.

Researchers have uncovered a 'druggable' mechanism of pathological tau protein aggregation -- a significant advance toward finding an effective treatment for early-stage neurodegenerative diseases.

What makes a biological clock tick? According to a new study the surprising answer lies with a gene typically associated with stem and cancer cells.

Choroid plexus carcinoma (CPC) is a particularly challenging type of brain cancer: The tumor most commonly arises in infants under the age of one. Progress in developing effective therapies has been hindered by the lack ...

Researchers have created new artificial intelligence software that can identify cardiac rhythm devices in x-rays more accurately and quickly than current methods.

(Wiley) Organic photovoltaics have achieved remarkably high efficiencies, but finding optimum combinations of materials for high-performance organic solar cells, which are also economically competitive, still presents a ...

Researchers have shown that a gene transfer technique can combat heart dysfunction caused by diabetes.

Imagine wounds that heal without scars. It's possible with electrospun nanofibers. A team has streamlined the tissue scaffold production process, cutting out time spent removing toxic solvents and chemicals. Using a uniq...

Women who start their period later, go through menopause earlier or have a hysterectomy may have a greater risk of developing dementia, according to a new study. The study found a link between increased risk of dementia ...

Cancer cells demand enormous amounts of molecular 'food' to survive and grow, and a new study may have identified a new approach to starve the cells of one of the most common and deadly cancers, pancreatic cancer.

A new study shows that elite women weightlifters have the same amount, and in some cases more, of the muscle fibers needed for the sport compared to their male counterparts.

Radiation therapy may increase the uptake of therapeutic nanoparticles by glioblastomas, raising the possibility of using both growth-factor-targeted and immune-system-based therapies against the deadly brain tumor, acco...

A comparison of seven European countries shows that the amount of antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater reflects the prevalence of clinical antibiotic resistance in the region. However, modern wastewater treatment pl...

Until recently, scientists believed that a brain region called the hypothalamus makes us thirsty when it detects a drop in the hydration of our blood. But neuroscientistts now realize that this couldn't be the whole stor...

Pass the potato chips, please! New research discovers neural circuits that regulate craving and satiation for salty tastes.

Scientists studying the progression of inherited and infectious eye diseases that can cause blindness have found that microglia, a type of nervous system cell suspected to cause retinal damage, surprisingly had no damagi...

According to a recent study, a first-of-its-kind smartphone app called OnTrack can predict ahead of time when users are likely to lapse in their weight loss plan and help them stay on track.

Researchers have solved the structures of the cancer-promoting enzymes USP25 and USP28, and identified significant differences in their activities. Both enzymes promote the growth of various tumors. The results could ben...

Sandia National Laboratories has created the first inverse-design software for optical metamaterials--meaning users start by describing the result they want, and the software fills in the steps to get there. The modern d...

Dr. Been Kim wants to rip open the black box of deep learning. A senior researcher at Google Brain, Kim specializes in a sort of AI psychology. Like cognitive psychologists before her, she develops various ways to probe ...

An autonomous car has learned to make high-speed racing turns without spinning out, paving the way for safer manoeuvres in emergency conditions

Cooling devices like refrigerators and air conditioners consume a quarter of the world's electricity, but a plastic-based material could make them much greener