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A US conference may be using the reproducibility crisis in the social sciences in an attempt to discredit climate science, and scientists question whether to attend and push back

Targeting one specific symptom of schizophrenia has a positive effect on other symptoms. Treating avolition, or reduced motivation has a positive effect on the other negative symptoms associated with schizophrenia.

Some scientists think quantum mechanics can help explain human decision-making.

Mixing drinking water with chlorine, the United States' most common method of disinfecting drinking water, creates previously unidentified toxic byproducts.

There is an increased risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest even from short-term exposure to low concentrations of dangerously small particulate matter PM2.5, an international study has found, noting an association with...

A new approach that uses artificial intelligence to analyze retinal images could one day help doctors select the best treatment for patients with vision loss from diabetic macular edema. This diabetes complication is a m...

Scientists have invented a nanoparticle that eats away -- from the inside out -- portions of plaques that cause heart attacks.

Administration of zinc acetate lozenges to common cold patients did not shorten colds in a randomized trial.

Researchers have mapped how different nerve cells in the brain area striatum process information to plan and execute our movements at just the right time and with the right vigor. The results show that different cell typ...

A pair of biomarkers of brain function -- one that represents 'listening effort,' and another that measures ability to process rapid changes in frequencies -- may help to explain why a person with normal hearing may stru...

Psychologists show that targeting one particular symptom of schizophrenia has a positive effect on other symptoms.

Researchers have developed an unrivaled, fully automated robotic screening system which allows them to rapidly test the effect of drugs and other chemicals on human sperm. The researchers are working towards finding a sa...

Scientists came across a bubbling hotspot of carbon dioxide by chance.

Combining artificial intelligence technology and blood samples, researchers were able to predict and explain the progression of Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease. The new algorithm was able to detect alterations in ge...

U.S. health officials are working to prevent an outbreak at home while developing treatments and preventative countermeasures.

The first MRI-based mapping of the squid brain yields 145 new connections and pathways, 60% of which are linked to the motor and visual systems. The new brain map brings researchers one step closer to understanding how t...

Movement and sound are processed simultaneously in the inferior colliculus, a new mouse study reveals.

A collision would create a debris belt that would endanger spacecraft worldwide.

Adding walnuts to your diet could help protect against age-related cognitive decline, a new study reports. Walnuts contain polyphenols and omega-3 fatty acids, which counteract the oxidative stress and inflammation that ...

The cobbler thought he'd never work again, but the strange surgery saved his hand function.

We know viruses invaded animals' genomes in the ancient past, but only now have we actually witnessed it happening and the DNA being passed to offspring

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