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Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider suggest that muons and other “second-generation particles” obtain their mass from interacting with the Higgs, further strengthening the Standard... --

Placebos reduce biomarkers in the brain of emotional distress, even when a patient knows they are taking one.

These strange, long-necked Triassic beasts were able to coexist because they chowed down on different prey.

Two new studies from USC reveal the implications of air pollution on brain development and neurological health in children and older women.

Researchers have uncovered a neural mechanism in female mice that shifts estrogen from playing a protective role in glucose metabolism to a disruptive one.

Study of personality traits during the coronavirus pandemic reveals a slight decline in neuroticism.

Researchers implanted specialized neural stem cell grafts directly into mice with spinal cord injuries. As the grafts grew, they integrated with and mimicked the animal's existing neural network.

Using EEG to measure REM sleep allowed scientists to distinguish dreaming from wakefulness.

The hand sanitizer products contained methanol, a toxic substance.

Cutting soft materials like hair can blunt even the sharpest blades surprisingly quickly, and now we know why - offering clues to designing longer-lasting razors

The tenuous outermost layer of the sun, called the corona, is invisible most of the time, but its magnetic fields have been mapped for the first time

An implantable, wireless brain-computer interface device can help improve the functional independence of those living with paralysis, a new study reports.

How a valveless embryonic heart tube pumps blood is a long-standing scientific mystery. Thanks to innovations in light-based technology, fresh insights are now available into the biomechanics of mammalian cardiogenesis--...

Alpha wave frequency measurement can accurately predict how a person will experience pain.

Transcranial vagus nerve stimulation could significantly improve a person's ability to learn the sounds of a new language. The non-invasive stimulation technique could have positive implications for boosting other types ...

Study provides evidence of gut dysbiosis associated with Huntington's disease. Some of the gut measures were associated with disease symptoms such as movement and cognitive impairment. The findings could provide a new av...

China is continuing its rapid rate of space launches with its 22nd mission of 2020.

Suppressing the activity of hypothalamic neurons in mice during REM sleep resulted in a decrease in the amount of food later consumed. The study suggests REM sleep is essential to stabilize food intake.

The death strike of a Cretaceous "hell ant" from 99 million years ago is preserved in amber, revealing how these demonic-looking ants hunted.

NOAA experts predict an "extremely active" hurricane season, with as many as 25 named storms.

Building on last year's breakthrough 'time reversal' experiment, two researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Argonne National Laboratory have published a new theoretical study in Communication...

President Donald Trump took to Twitter Wednesday (Aug. 5) to announce that he brought NASA back from being "Closed & Dead."