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People who were taught the "rules" of a type of IQ test in which you guess the next in a series of shapes got a significantly higher score - throwing into question the validity of these tests

Physicists from Trinity College Dublin have proposed a thermometer based on quantum entanglement that can accurately measure temperatures a billion times colder than those in outer space.

This x-ray map is much more than a beautiful desktop background.By Allison KuboOn June 19, the eRosita instrument aboard the Russian-German "Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma" (SRG) mission finished cataloging more that 1 million ...

Neuroimaging study reveals social learning is represented in the anterior cingulate cortex, while direct learning is represented in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. The two areas both interact with the striatum, which...

Twin study reveals how we adapt to aging may be genetically influenced. Individual differences in blood DNA methylation are partly heritable later in life and longitudinally across a decade, researchers report.

Sleep disturbances may be an outcome of Alzheimer's in those with a genetic predisposition, but not a cause of dementia. Those with genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's tend to have shorter sleep durations and are more l...

Researchers identify three populations of neurons in layer 6 of the cortex that contribute to alertness.

On-duty firefighters experienced higher exposures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, which are a family of chemicals that are known to have the potential to cause cancer.

Over the course of the coronavirus epidemic, COVID-19 outbreaks have hit communities across the United States. As clusters of infection shift over time, local officials are forced into a whack-a-mole approach to allocati...

Concussions could have lasting implications on sleep, a new study reports. People who experienced concussion reported sleep disturbances, daytime drowsiness, and fatigue that were persistent months after their injury.

Fish were not thought to be able to smell while on land because their olfactory systems evolved to work underwater, but the walking catfish can

Study reveals why some people with ALS are prone to developing autoimmune diseases. A genetic mutation that decreases the expression of C9orf72 causes the stimulation of interferon genes (STING) protein to become hyperac...

Though 2020 QG survived its recent encounter with Earth, the rock's path through space was altered significantly.

Medical researchers noted improvements in body composition, fat distribution and metabolic health in response to an eight-week very low-carbohydrate diet. Older adults with obesity are at particularly high risk of develo...

Light can partake in peculiar phenomena at the nanoscale. Exploring these phenomena can unlock sophisticated applications and provide useful insights into the interactions between light waves and other materials.

Researchers test machine learning algorithms to determine the metal workload and affective states of the human brain.

There are well documented risk factors associated with developing substance use disorder across all age groups. A recent study found those risk factors affect age groups differently and proposes a primary prevention stra...

A new pilot study suggests that COVID-19 is causing significant dilation of the blood vessels of the lung, specifically the capillaries.

The prevalence of morbid obesity in a population is associated with negative outcomes from COVID-19, according to a new analysis of morbid obesity data and reported COVID-19 deaths in the United States.

New nanoscale devices, made of synthetic proteins, have been designed to target a therapeutic agent only to cells with a specific, predetermined combinations of cell surface markers. They operate on their own and search ...

Robotic surgery for patients with early stage, oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer is associated with improved health outcomes, including better long-term survival, according to a new study. Oropharyngeal cancer occurs in...

Researchers are developing ready-to-use, off-the-shelf therapeutic T cells. These are genetically engineered T cells that are manufactured from normal, healthy donors. The cells are expanded and well characterized, and h...