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The explosion in the Port of Beirut was one of the biggest non-nuclear blasts in history--releasing enough energy in a matter of milliseconds to power more than 100 homes for a year--according to a new assessment of the ...

An optical device that resembles a miniaturized lighthouse lens can make it easier to peer into Petri dishes and observe molecular-level details of biological processes, including cancer cell growth. Developed by KAUST, ...

Nuclear fusion has gone from a scientists' pipe dream to a technology attracting serious investment. Now one of the startups chasing this holy grail of energy production has published a series of peer-reviewed scientific...

With 74-year-old President Trump and first lady Melania Trump testing positive for the coronavirus, what are the best proven treatments for them and other patients?

Ice Age manatees either summered in Texas or lived there year-round, raising new questions about the environment off the coast of the Lone Star State during the Pleistocene.

(Nanyang Technological University) Diamond could conduct electricity like metals when deformed to strains at the nanoscale, according to predictions from a study by an international team of scientists led by NTU Singapor...

Artificial intelligence transformed NASA footage of Apollo missions to the moon, making decades-old events look like they were shot on high-definition video.

(Seoul National University) Two-dimensional MXene as a novel electrode material for next-generation display.

The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary socialist organization that demanded equal rights for Black people and Black communities.

Researchers have identified a network of genes in Zebrafish that regulate the process of determining whether certain neurons will regenerate.

The retrieval of mitochondria via a feedback loop is vital to sustaining synaptic transmission.

When we talk to someone from a different socioeconomic background our brain reacts differently than when we address someone with a similar status to our own. Researchers found higher activity in the dorsolateral prefront...

Using a novel technique, scientists working at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have found evidence for a quantum spin liquid, a state of matter that is promising as a bu...

The revised guidance follows the CDC's blunder last month, in which the agency posted, and then deleted, information on airborne spread from its website.

fMRI study reveals dogs do not have a specific face area similar to that of primates. Dogs' brain activity showed little response to faces but increased in response to seeing another dog over a human.

A new algorithm that fast forwards simulations could bring greater use ability to current and near-term quantum computers, opening the way for applications to run past strict time limits that hamper many quantum calculat...

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Engram cells encode details of memories as they are formed. These cells become reactivated when a memory is recalled. The process is controlled by remodeling of chromatin in the cells.

A new study evaluates massive Megalodon alongside all sharks in the lamniform group -- living and extinct. Even among its extinct relatives, Megalodon was unequalled in length and mass.

Countries that embraced renewable sources of energy have significantly cut their carbon emissions, but nations pursuing nuclear power failed to do so, researchers have found

The InvestEggator is a decoy egg with a GPS transmitter, which researchers placed in sea turtle nests in Costa Rica to track down where they are illegally sold

Certain ancient stone tools were heated to over 200 °C to make them easier to shape - suggesting their makers had control over fire