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It apparently comes down to THC and endocannabinoid receptors in the brain.

Unlike long-term opioid use, frequent cannabis use does not increase sensitivity to pain.

Adults with a higher percentage of fat tissue in their legs were less likely than those with a lower percentage to have high blood pressure. Research findings held true even after adjusting for age, sex, race and ethnici...

Researchers have discovered a biomarker that can detect autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in preschool-aged children. The new study found that levels of the protein FABP4 were much lower in four- to six-year-old children wi...

Scientists have completed a wide-ranging set of studies documenting how small changes in DNA sequence can impact gene expression across more than four dozen tissues in the human body. These studies, released in a set of ...

Ultrathin layers of tungsten diselenide have potential applications in opto-electronics and quantum technologies. LMU researchers have now explored how this material interacts with light in the presence of strong magneti...

By Hannah PellAlice and Bob are recurring characters in science. They can usually be found chatting over the phone or playing games of chance with each other, such as poker or flipping coins. But no matter Alice's and Bo...

(Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters) A research team led by Prof. CUI Guanglei and ZHAO Jingwen from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed an ...

Global animal populations have fallen 68 per cent since 1970, according to a World Wildlife Fund report, though conservation has helped restore tiger and loggerhead turtle populations

Pumping cheap iron-oxide-rich red bricks with specific vapors that form polymers enables the bricks to become electrical charge storage devices. --

In a twist on the classic marshmallow test of delay of gratification, researchers found children will wait almost twice as long for a reward if they are told another person will find out how long they have waited.

A new theory has emerged that the cigar-shaped space rock 'Oumuamua might actually be a dust bunny.

A group of more than 100 UK citizens tasked with recommending ways to reduce the country's carbon emissions to net zero has backed scaling taxes for flights and bans on new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars

New research reveals in detail how the nucleosomes inside our cells block cGAS from unintentionally triggering the body's innate immune response to our own DNA.

The UNC School of Medicine lab of Camille Ehre, PhD, generated high-powered microscopic images showing startlingly high SARS-CoV-2 viral loads on human respiratory surfaces, ready to spread infection in infected individu...

The vocabulary we use to describe our emotions is an indicator of mental health, physical health, and overall well-being.

The levels of a protein called FABP4 are significantly lower in children aged four-to-six in children with autism.

The search is on to discover new states of matter, and possibly new ways of encoding, manipulating, and transporting information. One goal is to harness materials' quantum properties for communications that go beyond wha...

It is established that matter can transition between different phases when certain parameters, such as temperature, are changed. Although phase transitions are common (like water turning into ice in a freezer), the dynam...

Smoke blankets the West Coast in the new images.

For quantum optical technologies to become more practical, there is a need for large-scale integration of quantum photonic circuits on chips.

Study describes how the loss of the SMARCB1 gene negatively impacts neural development and promotes tumor growth in ATRT, a rare and fast-progressing form of pediatric brain cancer.