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Perceived animacy decreases significantly as a function of exposure time for android faces.

Researchers have reviewed current research into patterns of sex differences in gene expression across the genome, and highlights sampling biases in the human populations included in such studies.

Researchers have found that middle-aged individuals -- those born in the late 1960s and the 1970s -- may be in a perpetual state of H3N2 influenza virus susceptibility because their antibodies bind to H3N2 viruses but fa...

The coronavirus pandemic has forced us to quickly adapt to circumstances that were unimaginable a year ago. Companies are finding new ways to do business, and in the process we're seeing an acceleration of technologies t...

(Northwestern University) The locus of male sexual desire has been uncovered in specific regions of brain tissue where a key gene named aromatase is present, reports a new study in mice. The gene regulates sexual behavio...

By adding a molecule that disrupts certain pathways in cells, researchers have discovered a new way to limit inflammation from adjuvants in vaccinations.

Study suggests an alternative strategy for restoring cellular abnormalities in in-vitro models of Parkinson's disease.

Infections with this organism are almost universally fatal, with less than a 3% survival rate.

Researchers conduct the first study to use nonharmful stress, like intermittent systemic hypoxia, to protect against disease in the first generation offspring in mice.

Study provides new insight into how brain waves control the flow of information through the cortex.

Researchers have identified a possible treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic disease for which there is currently no cure or treatment, by targeting an enzyme that had been considered 'undruggab...

Measuring the temperature of objects at a nanometer-scale has been a long challenge, especially in living biological samples, because of the lack of precise and reliable nanothermometers. An international team of researc...

An antibody test for the virus that causes COVID-19 is more accurate and can handle a much larger number of donor samples at lower overall cost than standard antibody tests currently in use. In the near term, the test ca...

Researchers have uncovered specific regions of brain tissue where aromatase is present, that drives male sexual desire. Aromatase converts testosterone into estrogen in the brain, driving male sexual activity.

The halting of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine trial isn't cause for worry - it is a sign the research process is working as it is supposed to, says Clare Wilson

Researchers have shown why intense, pure red colors in nature are mainly produced by pigments, instead of the structural color that produces bright blue and green hues.

Lasing--the emission of a collimated light beam of light with a well-defined wavelength (color) and phase--results from a self-organization process, in which a collection of emission centers synchronizes itself to produc...

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An algorithm can rapidly alter video footage of a person talking or singing to make them appear to lip sync to any sound - which could be useful for dubbing movies into different languages

The wreck of a German warship torpedoed and sunk by a British submarine in 1940 has been discovered in deep water off the North Sea coast of southern Norway.

A handful of people across the world appear to have caught the coronavirus twice, suggesting that immunity against the virus doesn't last - and could potentially make second infections worse

The science community has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with such a flurry of research studies that it is hard for anyone to digest them all, underscoring a long-standing need to make scientific publication more acc...