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The search for dark matter is at a crossroads. Now, physicists have a new way to tell what the invisible stuff is made of.

What about the kidneys make them a hotspot for COVID-19's cytokine storm? A research team says it's the presence of a protein found on specialized renal transport cells.

Physicists describe a way to merge quantum theory with Einstein’s special theory of relativity—and even a method to test it experimentally --

A new method for verifying a widely held but unproven theoretical explanation of the formation of stars and planets has been proposed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Labor...

Dysfunction in brain cells caused by low oxygen is caused by the same responder system that is intended to be protective.

Study reveals the body produces more cortisol when people are interrupted during work.

Increasing time spent sleeping immediately following a traumatic event can help to significantly reduce the effects of trauma.

Animal studies suggest the metabolic conditions linked to obesity could be treated by using CRISPR gene editing to turn normal fat into heat-producing beige fat

Study reveals a new role for serotonin in the development of the human neocortex. Serotonin acts cell-extrinsically as a growth factor for basal progenitors in the developing neocortex. Researchers report placenta-driven...

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The travelling salesman problem - finding the shortest route between many locations - is notoriously tough, but it has now been solved for a map of over 2 million stars

Extreme events occur in many observable contexts. Nature is a prolific source: rogue water waves surging high above the swell, monsoon rains, wildfire, etc. From climate science to optics, physicists have classified the ...

Time crystals sound like something out of science fiction, but they may be the next major leap in quantum network research. A team based in Japan has proposed a method to use time crystals to simulate massive networks wi...

OpenAI's text generating AI has gotten a lot of buzz since its release in June. It's been used to post comments on Reddit, write a poem roasting Elon Musk, and even write an entire article in The Guardian (which editors ...

Optical clocks are so accurate that it would take an estimated 20 billion years--longer than the age of the universe--to lose or gain a second. Now, researchers in the U.S. led by Jun Ye's group at the National Institute...

Noisy, open-plan offices full of workers hunched over desks while wearing noise canceling headphones could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to new research from The Australian National University (ANU).

The spread of the fire was visible from space.

The Gales Creek Fault in northwest Oregon has set off some temblors before recorded history.

A little dead star that dazzled us earlier this year is not done with its shenanigans.

A NASA spacecraft has really made a mess of things on the asteroid Bennu, and scientists are thrilled.

Around 1.2 million tonnes of water contaminated by radioactive substances from the 2011 Fukushima disaster will be dumped in the Pacific ocean, under a plan expected to be approved by the Japanese government within weeks...

Toxoplasmosis and cat scratch disease, which spread parasites and bacteria, cost Australia billions each year in lost productivity and medical costs