Science News

Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, two drugs touted as potential coronavirus therapeutics, could increase the risk of heart arrhythmias, cardiologists say.

Study shows how Toxoplasma parasitic infections promote the loss of inhibitory signaling in the brain by altering the behavior of microglia.

Antibody tests can help identify people who have already had COVID-19.

The genes GRB10 and ABTB1 are influential in nutrient-sensing pathways and memory. Researchers say these genes may be the molecular links between diet, neural stem cell aging, and cognitive ability.

One way to change the properties of a material is to stretch it just a wee bit, so its atoms are farther apart but the bonds between them don't break. This extra distance affects the behavior of electrons, which determin...

In early March, the worldwide case count totaled below 100,000.

Study reports viral shedding of SARS-CoV-2 occurs in the upper respiratory tract during early COVID-19 infection when symptoms are mild or hardly noticeable.

Palm oil is the most commonly produced oil in the world, and one of the most controversial.

Memory encoding processes important for decision making begin in the basolateral amygdala. The basolateral amygdala then creates cellular memories in the nucleus accumbens. The findings shed light on the learned connecti...

China's ban on eating and trading wildlife due to the coronavirus crisis could become law within the next three months, according to conservationists

New findings about NLGN4 genes reveals why males are more susceptible to developing autism than females.

Being stressed changes the way we make decisions. An experiment that sees people hunt for George Clooney's face while experiencing electric shocks could help explain why

Following a healthy diet or exercising could impact how your brain ages, but the effects on cognitive skills later in life depend on specific gene variants that not everyone has

THE SEVEN Formula 1 teams in Britain have high-tech engineering centres stuffed with the latest production equipment. And they employ hundreds of staff with the talent to use this gear to design, test and manufacture par...

Antarctica was home to a temperate, swampy forest about 90 million years ago.

Many great ape species are already in a precarious situation because of their dwindling numbers. Now they may also be at risk from the coronavirus pandemic

Two and a half months after the first confirmed novel coronavirus case in the US, the virus has invaded the country's east and west coasts and is quickly making its way into the center of the country. As the case tally s...

The least-populated country of the United Kingdom currently stands at a total of 774 cases and 36 deaths.

Entangled photons can be used to improve imaging and measurement techniques. A team of researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF in Jena has developed a quantum imaging so...

Scientists seek to use quantum materials--those that have correlated order at the subatomic level--for electronic devices, quantum computers, and superconductors. Quantum materials owe many of their properties to the phy...

Droplets and bubbles are formed nearly everywhere, from boiling our morning coffee, to complex industrial processes and even volcanic eruptions. New research from SINTEF and NTNU in Norway, improves our understanding of ...

Everything you need to know about the coronavirus $1200 stimulus check payment... and how far is it likely to go towards your bills