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Despite the frequent analogies, today's AI operates on very different principles to the human brain. Now researchers have proposed a new learning method more closely tied to biology, which they think could help us approa...

Researchers reduced the power requirements of neural interfaces while improving their accuracy by tuning into a subset of brain waves.

Salt crystals can precipitate at low concentrations due to local density fluctuations. Their repeated precipitation dissolution behavior promotes amyloid-beta peptide aggregation.

Pursuing hedonistic goals, such as taking time to yourself for relaxation or activities you enjoy, are essential, yet often neglected, for personal wellbeing.

Altering the structure of perineuronal nets could be a mechanism that underlies sleep-induced memory changes.

Study reports naturally occurring lithium in public drinking water may lower suicide rates. Researchers found that in geographical areas with high concentrations of lithium in drinking water, suicide rates were lower in ...

Being vaccinated against influenza was associated with a 17% reduction in Alzheimer's incidence. Pneumonia vaccinations given between the ages of 65 and 75, reduced Alzheimer's risk by up to 40%.

London's Natural History Museum is sending a piece of a Martian meteorite back to the Red Planet with the Perseverance rover.

For the first time, researchers have taken a video of a pulse of laser light as it moves in three dimensions, using a camera with a shutter speed of a trillionth of a second. It could potentially be used to see around co...

A huge survey of the universe has been able to peer back into the deep past, revealing 80 per cent of the universe's 14-billion-year history

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The current understanding of topological insulators and their classical wave analogs, such as photonic topological insulators, is mainly based on topological band theory. Contrary to this, Scientists in China and Singapo...

This is the first phase 3 clinical trial on a coronavirus vaccine candidate to begin in the U.S.

An observatory affiliated with NASA's quest to identify potentially dangerous asteroids spotted something equally speedy but not quite as natural: a spacecraft bound for Mars.

All microscopic objects, from enzymes to paint particles, are jittering constantly, bombarded by solvent particles: this is called Brownian motion. How does this motion change when the object is flexible instead of rigid...

The chances of finding Cleopatra's tomb are pretty low, experts say, despite claims to the contrary.

Scientists have identified the larvae of one of the world's biggest fishes -- the bump-head sunfish (Mola alexandrini) -- and the youngster is ridiculously tiny.

If the eyes are the mirror of the soul, then thanks to the translucent corneas, we can look deep into that soul. And thanks to the work of scientists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Scie...

Quantum information is a field where the information is encoded into quantum states. Taking advantage of the "quantumness" of these states, scientists can perform more efficient computations and more secure cryptography ...

Better shielding through chemistry

Evolution has shaped all organisms on Earth -- living and extinct -- producing an astonishing diversity of life and defining relationships between species.

Artificial intelligence that can recognise individual birds is being developed for biologists studying wild animals, but could also be adapted so that people can identify individual birds in their surroundings