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(Stony Brook University) China is the world's largest producer and consumer of coal. A team of international scientists led by Stony Brook University's Gang He, PhD, contend that China needs to transition away from coal ...

Scientists have developed a vaccine that targets the SARS-CoV-2 virus, can be given in one dose via the nose and is effective in preventing infection in mice susceptible to the novel coronavirus. The investigators next p...

Summary: In males, a genetic variant of DUSP8 can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes by impairing the brain’s response to insulin. Source: DZD The brain plays a major role in controlling our blood glucose levels. In ...

Regardless of what makes up the innards of a quantum computer, its speedy calculations all boil down to sequences of simple instructions applied to qubits--the basic units of information inside a quantum computer.

Though 5G--a next-generation speed upgrade to wireless networks--is scarcely up and running (and still nonexistent in many places) researchers are already working on what comes next. It lacks an official name, but they'r...

In science fiction, firing powerful lasers looks easy--the Death Star can just send destructive power hurtling through space as a tight beam. But in reality, once a powerful laser has been fired, care must be taken to en...

A small, soft smacked into Costa Rica on April 23, 2019. And it carried dust older than our sun, as well as clues regarding how life formed on Earth.

California is on fire, with more than 360 individual blazes scorching across the state. Unsurprisingly, the effects are visible from space.

Two clouds of cold-star forming gas are sailing on the Milky Way's hot nuclear wind, and nobody can explain why.

Those who have a psychological aversion to germs are more likely to engage in preventative behaviors to protect their health, like wearing a mask and frequently sanitizing their hands.

Analysis of ACE2, the main receptor that SARS-CoV-2 uses to bind and enter cells, across 410 vertebrate species reveals that many are potentially susceptible to infection by the novel coronavirus. They include a number o...

University of Central Florida researchers are making the cutting-edge field of attosecond science more accessible to researchers from all disciplines.

Researchers may have come one step closer toward understanding how the immune system contributes to severe COVID-19. In a new study, researchers show that so-called natural killer (NK) cells were strongly activated early...

The way zebrafish respond to repeated exposure and withdrawal from nicotine mirrors more complex human responses during withdrawal.

Nearly a month after a ship struck a coral reef off the island nation of Mauritius, causing a catastrophic oil spill, tugboats lugged it out to sea where it is now going to be sunk.

Study unravels the neural basis of freezing behaviors in fruit flies and provides a novel insight into how the brain perceives and responds to social cues.

Researchers have identified a new role of bi-directional connections for accelerating communication between brain networks.

Inserting genetic material into the body to treat diseases caused by gene mutations can work, scientists say - but getting those materials to the right place safely is tricky. Scientists now report that the lipid-based n...

A new bioluminescent reporter that tracks DNA double stranded break (DSB) repair in cells has been developed.

The mood in which a baby is in when it learns new information plays a key role in their ability to recall information.

Coercion to perform detrimental actions against others reduces empathy and guilt, a new study reports. The findings may explain why people are able to commit immoral acts that go against their ethical stance when coerced...

Scientists have developed an injectable drug that blocks HIV from entering cells. They say the new drug potentially offers long-lasting protection from the infection with fewer side effects. The drug, which was tested in...