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Researchers report a low carb-based diet may help to prevent or reverse signs of early brain aging in middle-aged people.

Researchers at the Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems (PCS), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea) have proposed a transistor made of graphene and a two-dimensional superconductor that ...

In an advance that may help researchers scale up quantum devices, an MIT team has developed a method to "recruit" neighboring quantum bits made of nanoscale defects in diamond, so that instead of causing disruptions they...

The numbers surrounding the coronavirus epidemic are preliminary, and a mathematician explains why.

Rats show altruistic behavior and avoid harming other rats. Researchers report harm aversion is deeply engrained in our biology. The findings pave the way to increasing harm aversion in those with empathy disorders, such...

On-the-spot binaural beats and daily mindfulness training can help reduce the effects of mental fatigue.

One of the greatest mysteries in astrophysics these days is a tiny subatomic particle called a neutrino, so small that it passes through matter--the atmosphere, our bodies, the very Earth--without detection.

Kids seem unlikely to become dangerously ill from the new coronavirus, but they do get infected.

A clinically proven drug known to block an enzyme essential for the viral entry of Coronavirus into the lungs blocks the COVID 19 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The drug, Camostat mesilate, is a drug approved in Japan to treat ...

Your love, or hatred, of coffee might be down to your genes. Between 36% and 58% of coffee intake is genetically determined. Findings reveal coffee intake is affected by a positive feedback loop between genetics and the ...

The new coronavirus, like all other viruses, mutates, or undergoes small changes in its genome.

Dutch researchers at AMOLF and TU Delft have seen light propagate in a special material without reflections. The material, a photonic crystal, consists of two parts that each have a slightly different pattern of perforat...

A huge black hole from when the universe was less than a billion years old is shooting a powerful jet at Earth, and studying it could help us understand the young cosmos

On any given day, in any given city, the roads are packed with cars, motorcycles, scooters, and bikes. It's been like that for decades. Recently, though, there’s been a Cambrian explosion of alt transportation--electri...

Think you might be infected with coronavirus? Here's what to do and how the test works

Donor livers are increasingly not being used for transplants because they have too much fat. Hooking them up to a machine for a crash treatment could solve that

A research team at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), RIKEN, and the University of Tokyo have demonstrated how to increase the lifetime of qubits inside quantum computers by using an additional "filter" qubi...

One of the big questions in physics and chemistry is, how were the heavy elements from iron to uranium created? The Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne Nationa...

In this special episode of Life's Little Mysteries, we'll give you the latest news and answer frequently asked questions about the new coronavirus and COVID-19.

Electrons spin. It's a fundamental part of their existence. Some spin "up" while others spin "down." Scientists have known this for about a century, thanks to quantum physics.

In many situations, it's fair to say that light travels in a straight line without much happening along the way. But light can also hide complex patterns and behaviors that only a careful observer can uncover.

Google is racing to develop quantum-enhanced processors that use quantum mechanical effects to reduce the speed at which data can be processed. In the near term, Google has devised new quantum-enhanced algorithms that op...