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Quantum physicists can now distil a kind of photon schnapps. When spirits are distilled, the alcohol content increases relative to the water content. A similar method developed by a team from the Max Planck Institute of ...

In a cosmic clash of the titans, we may have just spotted a black hole eat a neutron star - the first collision seen between a mixed pair of these massive objects

Researchers are officially defining a new brain disorder that mimics Alzheimer's disease.

The 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 remains ones of the biggest mysteries in aviation. More than $150 million has been spent so far to identify where the plane carrying 239 passengers crashed into th...

Veterans with comorbid mild traumatic brain injury and PTSD had significantly greater amygdala volume compared to those with mTBI alone.

Mouse models and human brain tissue studies reveal microglia react the amyloid beta earlier in older females. Findings may provide avenues for the development of new drugs to help treat the neurodegenerative disease.

Inhibiting VIP interneurons disrupts medial prefrontal cortex representations of anxiety-related information which drive avoidance behaviors.

Researchers discovered changes in thousands of genes induced by the tumor microenvironment. The study may help in identifying new biomarkers for the early detection, and subsequent treatment, of brain cancers.

LATE, a form of dementia that appears in the oldest-old is often mistaken for Alzheimer's disease, but the brain pathology is very different. The protein TDP-43 appears to play a significant role in the development of LA...

Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) is distinct from Alzheimer's disease and tends to affect people near the end of their lives

D'Arcy Carter provides insight into her experiences with synesthesia.

As pollen swirls through the air, how do your sinuses feel?

Dozens of people have died in Indonesia and Mozambique as a result of storms and flooding, possibly driven by climate change

On April 23rd, NASA InSight scientists announced they had detected a small seismic event on Mars, aptly referred to as a marsquake. This event, the first of its kind ever detected, promises to bring revolutionary insight...

DNA analysis of two stick insect specimens in northern Madagascar has revealed they are native to the island, not overseas visitors

Physics professor Jason Nordhaus is working to reduce barriers to STEM for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. When Jason Nordhaus teaches physics at Rochester Institute of Technology, he doesn't just consider how to best...

Study offers new insights into the mechanisms behind thought control and suggests individual differences play a role in our ability to control our thoughts.

Since the start of January, the liquid helium flowing through the veins of the LHC's cooling system has gradually been removed the accelerator and, one by one, the eight sectors of the LHC have been brought back to room ...

The typical cultural image of a robot--as a steel, chrome, humanoid bucket of bolts--is often far from the reality of cutting-edge robotics research. There are difficulties, both social and technological, in realizing th...

Poor olfaction is correlated with higher long-term mortality in older adults, particularly in those with good health at baseline. Dementia, Parkinson's disease and weight loss may be possible drivers for the higher morta...

Colliding a stream of electrons with laser light near an array of tiny silver structures could be the recipe for a new X-ray source that could revolutionize medical imaging and security scanning.

Sales of codeine have halved in Australia after an over-the-counter ban and fears that people would be driven to stronger prescriptions have not come true