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Blackcurrants have a beneficial effect on post-meal glucose response, and the required portion size is much smaller than previously thought, a new study shows.

After tracking buoys drifting in the oceans, archaeologists argue that an epic Stone Age voyage from Taiwan to Japanese islands likely occurred deliberately

(University of Rhode Island) Research published today in the journal Science found single-celled organisms living in sediments 1180 meters beneath the ocean at temperatures of 120 degrees Celsius

Scientists used human white blood cell membranes to carry two drugs, an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory, directly to infected lungs in mice. The nano-sized drug delivery method successfully treated both the bacterial...

Adults use similar neural mechanisms to learn novel languages as children do when learning how to process language.

A baby's first breath triggers a signaling system in the brainstem that helps support early breathing. The findings shed light on how problems with this neuropeptide system can increase the risk of SIDS.

Hypersonic flight is conventionally referred to as the ability to fly at speeds significantly faster than the speed of sound and presents an extraordinary set of technical challenges. As an example, when a space capsule ...

When the cables broke at Arecibo Observatory, a drone caught the whole event on video.

A new study reports on a link between repetitive behaviors associated with autism and gastrointestinal problems. Researchers also found a connection between the severity of ASD symptoms and an increased risk of children ...

Researchers have developed new 3-D-printed microlenses with adjustable refractive indices--a property that gives them highly specialized light-focusing abilities. This advancement is poised to improve imaging, computing ...

The setup of lasers and mirrors effectively “solved” a problem far too complicated for even the largest traditional computer system --

Restoration of vision in blind people through a brain implant is on the verge of becoming reality. Recent discoveries show that newly developed high-resolution implants in the visual cortex make it possible to recognize ...

A new study suggests that even low doses of glucocorticoid may increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

'Super-spreader' events and extensive person-to-person contact propelled an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a small village in Argentina from 2018-2019, according to new research. An international scientific...

A new article describes for the first time how minerals come together at the molecular level to form bones and other hard tissues, like teeth and enamel.

Immunobiologists have created a five-module chimeric antigen receptor T cell that is showing early potential to fight Type 1 diabetes.

Some animals are more susceptible to COVID-19 infection than others, and new research suggests this may be due to distinctive structural features of a protein found on the surface of animal cells.

The Chinese Chang'e 5 mission has spent two days digging on the moon and is now ready to bring back samples of lunar soil and rocks for analysis

Nobody will ever hear the sounds produced inside a neutron star, but we have created what might be the next best thing using lithium atoms that behave like a superfluid

A specialised quantum computer has achieved quantum supremacy, accomplishing in under 4 minutes what would take the biggest supercomputer 600 million years

Two monkeys can see shapes without using their eyes after electrodes were implanted in their brains - a small step towards restoring some sight in visually impaired people

For some, the sound of a "perfect flow" might be the gentle lapping of a forest brook or perhaps the tinkling of water poured from a pitcher. For physicists, a perfect flow is more specific, referring to a fluid that flo...