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(North Carolina State University) A team of researchers has demonstrated a way to use low-energy, visible light to produce polymer gel objects from pure monomer solutions. The work not only poses a potential solution to ...

(Lehigh University) An international group of researchers examined the two paths that scientists are following to improve science: the movement for reproducibility and the movement for open science. They have very distin...

Researchers have examined the sustainability of different models of the most commonly used oral health product - the toothbrush - to ascertain which is best for the planet and associated human health.

Researchers at the Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab and the University of Copenhagen, working closely together, have succeeded in realizing an important and promising material for use in a future quantum computer. For thi...

Australian stinging trees, species of which can grow up to 35 metres tall, inject toxins that cause pain in the same way as animal venoms found in spiders and scorpions

After nine months and a million deaths, we ask experts in the field whether they think we are over the worst of the pandemic and what the future looks like

Researchers have made an unexpected world-first stem cell discovery that may lead to new treatments for placenta complications during pregnancy.

(American Chemical Society) This year marks a decade since the official end of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which leaked up to 5 million barrels of petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico. Since then, scientists have studi...

Study reveals how eating disorders in some women are inextricably linked to their culture and upbringing.

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards finalists have been announced

As the ills of factory farming become more pronounced, people are increasingly gravitating towards vegetarian or pescatarian diets. Besides producing a large percentage of our total greenhouse gas emissions, raising live...

A genetic variation that alters the metabolism of glutathione may be responsible for cognitive decline in people who do not have other associated biomarkers, a new study reports.

Researchers have developed an automated 3-D printing method that can produce multicolor 3-D microstructures using different materials. The new method could be used to make a variety of optical components including optica...

An ancient cave bear adult and cub mummy have been found in the melting permafrost of Siberia.

Failures in a quality control system that protects protein-building fidelity in cells can lead to motor neuron degeneration and related diseases, according to a new study shows.

Research has led to better understanding on how components of the body's immune system find intruding or damaged cells, which could lead to novel approaches to viral and cancer treatments.

A multi-layered, virus-specific immune response is important for controlling SARS-CoV-2 during the acute phase of the infection and reducing COVID-19 disease severity, with the bulk of the evidence pointing to a much big...

A recent study documents how personal risk assessment and protective behaviors are linked.

Apple's new Series 6 smart watch can measure blood oxygen levels, which could potentailly be useful to track the health of people already diagnosed with covid-19 or a range of other conditions, but more data is needed to...

Since 1950, 5.6 million tonnes of microplastic microfibres have been dumped on land and in the sea through clothes washing - and the rate of release is increasing

People with depression and a history of physical disease are at increased risk of their disease symptoms worsening and requiring hospitalization.

Researchers have identified a key neural circuit that plays a role in dissociation, a phenomenon in which people can feel disconnected from their bodies and reality.