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The "ice eggs" form due to a rare weather phenomenon.

Vitamin E acetate is a "very strong culprit of concern" in the vaping outbreak.

(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) A diagnostic study of 136 premature infants found that a protein involved in managing harmful bacteria in the human intestine is a reliable biomarker for the noninvasiv...

As the outbreak of lung injuries and deaths associated with e-cigarettes, or vaping, continues to spread across the US, researchers have effectively developed a best practice treatment guide to quickly identify and treat...

Scientists applied synthetic DNA-based technology to drive in vivo production of broadly neutralizing anti-HIV antibodies in small and large-animal models, providing proof of concept for a simple and effective next gener...

Scientists have developed an investigational vaccine that protected cynomolgus macaques against four types of hemorrhagic fever viruses endemic to overlapping regions in Africa. Scientists are developing and testing the ...

A new study suggests winter carbon emissions in the Arctic may be adding more carbon into the atmosphere each year than is taken up by Arctic vegetation, marking a stark reversal for a region that has captured and stored...

In current quantum field theory, causality is typically defined by the vanishing of field commutators for spacelike separations. Two researchers at the University of Massachusetts and Universidade Federal Rural in Rio de...

(Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)) Vertical air motions increase ice formation in mixed-phase clouds. This correlation was predicted theoretically for a long time, but could now be observed for the fi...

Vitamin E acetate was detected in all 29 samples of patients with vaping related lung injuries. 23 of the patients self-reported vaping THC products. Nicotine related metabolites were found in 16 patients. Based on the f...

There is no gender disparity in how children learn and perform math tasks.

Quantum-based communication and computation technologies promise unprecedented applications, such as unconditionally secure communications, ultra-precise sensors, and quantum computers capable of solving specific problem...

The ability to transform sunlight into energy is one of Nature's more remarkable feats. Scientists understand the basic process of photosynthesis, but many crucial details remain elusive, occurring at dimensions and flee...

When babies can smell their mothers' odour, their brains respond less to fearful situations

A team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has found a new way to measure gravity--by noting differences in atoms in a supposition state, suspended in the air by lasers. In their paper published in ...

Later this month a Texus rocket will launch from Esrange, Sweden, that will travel about 260 km upwards and fall back to Earth offering researchers six minutes of zero gravity. Their experiment? Burning metal powder to u...

The Mercury transit on Nov. 11 will be accessible to amateur astronomers, as long as they have the right equipment to view it safely.

Although we're told a picture speaks a thousand words, that cliché seriously underestimates the value of a good image. Our understanding of how the world works is simplified by our ability to turn data into images. Imag...

Scientists reconstructed the face of a battle-scarred Viking shield-maiden for the first time ever.

A UCLA research team has devised a technique that extends the capabilities of fluorescence microscopy, which allows scientists to precisely label parts of living cells and tissue with dyes that glow under special lightin...

Synchrotron light sources are powerful facilities that produce light in a variety of "colors," or wavelengths--from the infrared to X-rays--by accelerating electrons to emit light in controlled beams.

A dispute over the dating of prehistoric Spanish cave paintings is fuelling a fractious debate over Neanderthals' artistic capabilities