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The newly operational KAGRA will bump the number of gravitational-wave observatories to four, which will allow scientists to better triangulate the source of ripples in space-time. Deep underground, below a mountain and ...

Using sophisticated 3D genomic mapping and integrating with public data resulting from genome-wide association studies (GWAS), researchers have found significant genetic correlations between inflammatory bowel disease (I...

Mouse study links specific autism types to abnormal parvocellular oxytocin neurons in the hypothalamus.

Study reveals how gene control mechanisms determine the identity of neurons in the embryonic brainstem. A failure in differentiation in developing brainstem neurons can lead to behavioral abnormalities, including ADHD.

Don't miss the rare appearance of a full moon on Halloween, something that hasn't been seen across the US since 1944.

For the first time, a team at HZB has identified the atomic substructure of amorphous silicon with a resolution of 0.8 nanometres using X-ray and neutron scattering at BESSY II and BER II. Such a-Si:H thin films have bee...

The condition, known as cold urticaria, is fairly rare and can cause anaphylaxis.

Small modular nuclear reactors could provide nuclear power to small communities and rural areas currently served by environmentally damaging fossil fuel energy-sources. Assessing the potential of these reactors means kee...

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Researchers from Sorbonne University in Paris have achieved a highly efficient transfer of quantum entanglement into and out of two quantum memory devices. This achievement brings a key ingredient for the scalability of ...

When it comes to fully understanding the hidden secrets of quantum materials, it takes one to know one, scientists say: Only tools that also operate on quantum principles can get us there.

Researchers have successfully tested a new £55 million nuclear fusion machine in the UK which could help tackle problems caused by the super high temperatures involved in fusion reactions

When living cells are bombarded with fast, heavy ions, their interactions with water molecules can produce randomly scattered 'secondary' electrons with a wide range of energies. These electrons can then go on to trigger...

Octopuses use their arms to 'lick' prey - which researchers say adds to evidence that the cephalopods' eight appendages are analogous to tongues with 'hands' and 'brains'

Though known for their huge eyes, ogre-faced spiders also "listen" for their prey.

The ogre-faced spider catches flying insects in a web-like net without being able to see them - we now know it is because the spider can hear them with its legs

An anti-Semitic letter penned in 1927 by a German physicist shows racist views toward Albert Einstein and Jews in academia.

'Rogue' planets are worlds without suns. Astronomers have discovered one the size of Earth for the first time ever.

Flip a coin. Heads? Take a step to the left. Tails? Take a step to the right. In the quantum world? Go in both directions at once, like a wave spreading out. Called the 'walker analogy,' this random process can be applie...

We've all had the experience of sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic with nothing but miles of red taillights ahead, wishing we could somehow break away from the pack and zoom off to our destination traffic-free. Now driv...

Diseases like covid-19 come from wild animals, so reducing unsustainable practices like deforestation could stop future outbreaks from happening, according to a global biodiversity report

The ability to understand how groups of words relate to each other is foundational to language, and dates to an ancestor we shared with primate relatives at least 40 million years ago.