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Strange blasts from space called fast radio bursts continue to puzzle astronomers with their odd behaviour, as they seem to come from a variety of galaxies

Materials scientists aim to enable surface-trap-mediated nonradiative charge recombination to engineer highly efficient metal-halide perovskite photovoltaics (solar cells). Since unproductive charge recombination at surf...

Analysis from a team led by Argonne researchers reveals never-before-seen details about a type of thin film being explored for advanced microelectronics.

Researchers discover how people from the US and China respond to different genres of music and translate the data into an interactive audio map. Findings suggest there are 13 overall categories of experience preserved ac...

Some islands live longer than others. Here's why.

Ontario patients and caregivers reported not enough home care to meet the need, that home care support was not in place when patients arrived home from the hospital, and that they had to advocate for themselves to get en...

Researchers have demonstrated a new all-optical technique for creating robust second-order nonlinear effects in materials that don't normally support them. Using a laser pulse fired at an array of gold triangles on a tit...

(Physicians for a National Health Program) Veterans' Administration patients were less likely than other insured Americans to skip medications due to cost. Although VA enrollees were older, sicker, and poorer than other ...

Researchers have shown that the brains of young adult Romanian adoptees who were institutionalized as children are around 8.6% smaller than the brains of English adoptees who have not suffered this form of deprivation.

In a new study, researchers examined how various psychological characteristics of children struggling with their weight, such as loneliness, anxiety and shyness, combined with similar characteristics of their parents or ...

Even if the world takes ambitious action on climate change, Bangladesh faces twice as much sea level rise as previously thought because of land subsidence

The decommissioning of coal-fired power plants in the continental United States has reduced nearby pollution and its negative impacts on human health and crop yields, according to a new study.

An unidentified astronaut aboard the International Space Station had a deep vein thrombosis -- or blood clot -- in the jugular vein of their neck, according to a new case study.

A breakthrough gene therapy treatment for Haemophilia A has been shown to offer long-term benefits that have already transformed the lives of 13 men in the UK.

Scientists have uncovered a link between prenatal exposure to phthalates -- a ubiquitous group of plasticizers and odor-enhancing chemicals -- and deficits in motor function in girls. Phthalates are widely used in consum...

A review article highlights the correlation between highly processed foods and increased prevalence of obesity in the United States.

Researchers have developed a way to prop up a struggling immune system to enable its fight against sepsis, a deadly condition resulting from the body's extreme reaction to infection.

A previously overlooked cell membrane protein could help to further cancer research, drug design, and bioengineering, according to new research.

Children who undergo expansive genetic sequencing may not be getting the thorough DNA analysis their parents were expecting, say experts.

New research has shown the potential for clinically available cancer treatments to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

As many as 50 per cent of women suffering from cardiac arrest are given insufficient treatment, because the heart failure was not caused by a heart attack.

An engineering team has invented a robotic device -- the Trunk-Support Trainer (TruST) -- that can be used to assist and train people with spinal cord injuries (SCIs) to sit more stably by improving their trunk control, ...