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Plumes of glutamate in the brain could explain the onset of migraines with auras, a new study reports.

Scientists and philosophers should keep trying to solve reality’s deepest riddles while accepting that they are unsolvable --

Microglia cells continuously survey the brain to help prevent sporadic seizures.

Physicists have shown how a particle might show its face in a corner of an experiment without needing its body anywhere in sight, like a grin without a cat.

Pigs that have been genetically engineered to be free of a molecule that triggers meat allergies have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

A team of researchers from Italy, Norway, and Germany has demonstrated that the properties of molecules undergo significant changes when interacting with quantized electromagnetic fields in optical cavities. Using novel ...

Meier-Gorlin syndrome, or MGS, is a rare genetic developmental disorder that causes dwarfism, small ears, a small brain, missing patella and other skeletal abnormalities. One mutation causing MGS, first reported in 2017,...

Validating another person's negative emotions or experiences can help foster a more positive mental outlook.

Employers looking to drive sales should consider employing a bearded salesperson, researchers say. Regardless of industry, people considered men with "manly beards" more trustworthy and more likely to be experts than the...

Inducing hallucinations using visual stimuli in a lab setting enables more objective and reliable testing.

Vaccines will likely work just as well against the variant.

Neuroimaging reveals several differences in the brains of lonely people, specifically in the default network. Researchers found greater gray matter density and stronger connectivity in the default networks of lonely peop...

The world's largest iceberg appears days away from crashing into a penguin-filled island. These robots will study the aftermath.

A long-term study of 1,449 people in Finland found that those who had better scores on standard metrics of cardiovascular health in midlife, especially for behavioral factors such as smoking, had a lower risk of dementia...

Diverting urine away from municipal wastewater treatment plants and recycling the nutrient-rich liquid to make crop fertilizer would result in multiple environmental benefits when used at city scale, according to a new s...

Experts describe why temperature screening -- primarily done with a non-contact infrared thermometer (NCIT) -- doesn't work as an effective strategy for stemming the spread of COVID-19.

Ideally, clinicians assess dysphagia through a clinical (bedside) evaluation and one of two standard tests: a videofluoroscopic swallow study or a flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing. However, during the pandemi...

Plastics contain and leach hazardous chemicals, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that threaten human health. An authoritative new report, Plastics, EDCs, & Health, from the Endocrine Society and the IPEN (...

Despite the headlines about "super covid" and "mutant covid", it remains unclear if this new variant is any better at spreading

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A drug that boosts the removal of cellular debris in immune cells may increase the protective effects of vaccines in older adults, a new study shows.

Researchers succeed in the first enzyme-driven biocatalytic synthesis of nucleic acid building blocks. This facilitates the development of antiviral agents and RNA-based therapeutics.