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Our bodies evolved to take rest breaks, but sitting on chairs and couches can cause long-term damage. Here's how to change the way you sit and boost your health

A protein linked to brain damage in people with Alzheimer's disease may come from the gut, which could lead to new therapies to prevent the condition

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is employed in a wide range of applications. In chemistry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is in standard use for the purposes of analysis, while in the medical field, magnetic re...

All known elementary particles have electric charges that are integer multiples of a third of the electron charge. But some theories predict the existence of "millicharged" elementary particles that would have a charge m...

The LHCb collaboration at CERN has announced the discovery of a new exotic particle: a so-called "tetraquark." The paper by more than 800 authors is yet to be evaluated by other scientists in a process called "peer revie...

(University of Colorado at Boulder) University of Colorado Boulder researchers have used ultra-fast extreme ultraviolet lasers to measure the properties of materials more than 100 times thinner than a human red blood cel...

High school aged girls who use marijuana experience a greater impact on their working memory and academic success than their male peers.

The activity of a network of dopamine neurons reflects both the innate preferences for smell and taste, as well as the physiological state of fruit flies.

Study found a correlation between adolescents who reported high levels of family conflict while growing up and those who later identified socially undesirable traits as ideal leadership qualities. A person who experience...

Rotigotine, a drug that acts on dopamine transmission, improves cognitive function in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease. While the drug did not help improve memory, it did improve executive function in t...

Examining the impact of eight types of early life stress on the onset of youth-onset depression, researchers found some had little impact on the development of the psychological disorder. Emotional abuse was more strongl...

The results are the first trial data from the company to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Artificial spider silk made from gel and silicone could be used to create sensitive robotic parts that are able to clean themselves

Ultralight cameras affixed to the backs of beetles can wirelessly livestream to a smartphone, which can also direct the camera to rotate and get footage from different directions

Ancient Egypt was once ruled by a dynasty of foreigners known as the Hyksos, but new evidence shows that this takeover wasn't an invasion from a distant land.

COVID-19 data will now be sent directly to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Physicist Max Tegmark wants to make artificial intelligence work for everyone. Here he waxes lyrical about cosmology, consciousness and why AI is like fire

Agave uses a turbocharged version of photosynthesis that works in even the driest spots. As climate change threatens our food supply, the race is on to harness its power in more resilient crops

It is easy to regard the sun as humdrum, yet it contains elements blasted from the universe's first stars as they died and is halfway through its 9-billion-year lifespan

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Multicolour electrochromic displays are one of the most versatile applications because they can retain their colored states without the need to supply electrical power. However, the simultaneous colouration of the counte...

Researchers at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, used the liquid crystal elastomer technology to demonstrate a series of micro-tools grown on optical fibers. The 200-micrometer gripers are controlled remotely...