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A new, accurate screening tool for clinical skin products has been developed which uses flatworms rather than rabbits.

Whether flu or coronavirus, it can take several days for the body to ramp up an effective response to a viral infection. New research describes how different cells in the immune system work together, communicate, and - i...

Though far too many sectors of the economy have suffered enormous losses during the coronavirus pandemic, a few are doing alright. One of those is car sales. It's sort of counter-intuitive--because with everything closed...

Technion researchers have developed accurate radiation sources that are expected to lead to breakthroughs in medical imaging and other areas. They have developed precise radiation sources that may replace the expensive a...

Einstein's theory of general relativity--the idea that gravity is matter warping spacetime--has withstood over 100 years of scrutiny and testing, including the newest test from the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, ...

Researchers might have solved a mystery surrounding Crohn's disease: Why does fat appear to migrate into patients' small intestines?

Scientists have discovered bacteria linked to post-infectious hydrocephalus (PIH), the most common cause of pediatric hydrocephalus worldwide.

The U.S. government is putting something big and secret in orbit tonight (Sept 30). Here's the little we can glean from public information.

Experts working in the field of vaccine development tend to believe that an effective vaccine is not likely to be available for the general public before the fall of 2021. A new paper details the results of a recent surv...

More than 100 million infections of Zika virus within Central and South America and the Caribbean went undetected between 2015 and 2018, according to a new study.

Something is showering gold across the universe. But no one knows what it is, and key theoretical explanations are falling apart

Pandemic dreams are remarkably common across multiple countries, according to a suite of new studies.

Researchers are testing whether adding a sample of a mother's faeces to their baby's first feed can restore gut microbes missing from children born by C-section, but they warn this should not be attempted at home

Scientists have mapped and simulated those filaments at the atomic level, a discovery that shed lights on how the inner ear works and that could help researchers learn more about how and why people lose the ability to he...

Physical Review X recently reported on a new optical resonator from the Technion--Israel Institute of Technology that is unprecedented in resonance enhancement. Developed by graduate student Jacob Kher-Alden under the su...

The "Snowmass" process seeks to identify the most promising questions to explore in future research. Next week, scientists with connections to US particle physics will make their morning coffee, boot up their computers, ...

A research team has revealed that narrow-range ultraviolet (UV) irradiation using light emitting diodes (LEDs) safely increases serum vitamin D levels in aging mice and thereby prevents the loss of their bone and muscle ...

There is no definitive evidence that vitamin D protects against covid-19, but the case is growing - and most people should take a daily supplement anyway, for bone strength

Study reveals how two key molecules, Rab27b, and epiregulin, interact to contribute to radioresistance in glioblastoma brain cancer.

For carriers of the Parkinson's related LRRK2 gene, coffee consumption can help lower the risk of developing symptoms of the disease.

Children learn more and remember better when writing by hand, a new study reports. The brains of children are more active when handwriting than typing on a computer keyboard.

Receptor potentiation was observed when the antagonists bind to receptors that consist of different subunits, where it acts as a subunit.