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Several studies suggest that coronavirus vaccines can significantly reduce transmission of the virus, but not halt it completely - so social distancing is still necessary

Frequent cannabis use was associated with a two point decline in IQ. The decline was primarily related to verbal IQ.

Polyester microfibres are similar in shape to small plant roots, and they may have a detrimental impact on soil properties that is similar to the effects of drought

Melatonin produced in the lungs acts as a barrier defense against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, by blocking the expression of genes that encode proteins in cells acting as viral entry points.

Researchers have identified a strain of E.coli in the guts of female mice that cause them to neglect their offspring. The study shows a direct link between the microbiome and maternal behavior.

As any cook knows, some liquids mix well with each other, but others do not. For example, when a tablespoon of vinegar is poured into water, a brief stir suffices to thoroughly combine the two liquids. However, a tablesp...

Scientists describe how glutamate signals are transmitted across synapses to turn on the switch for synapatic plasticity, the ability of synapses to strengthen or weaken over time in response to increases or decreases in...

Using hydroxy-α-sanshoo, a bioactive compound of Szechuan pepper, researchers gain new insight into how the brain detects and perceives touch.

A new study shows that antibodies can cross the placenta and could be protective to the baby.

People's heartbeats may stop and restart as they die, with implications for the practice of organ donation.

New research led by Carnegie Mellon University Assistant Professor of Physics Shiladitya Banerjee demonstrates how certain types of bacteria can adapt to long-term exposure to antibiotics by changing their shape. The wor...

Scientists have given a fascinating new insight into the next steps to develop fast, energy-efficient, future computing systems that use light instead of electrons to process and store information--incorporating hardware...

Russel T Davies's mini series It's A Sin serves as the perfect snapshot into London's gay scene in the 1980s, while exposing the harsh realities of the decade's rising AIDS epidemic

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tohoku University, Toin University of Yokohama, and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) have succeeded in developing a scanless high-speed...

The vaccine's efficacy was highest in the U.S. and the lowest in South Africa, where a new variant is infecting people.

In recent years, satellites have become smaller, cheaper, and easier to make with commercial off-the-shelf parts. Some even weigh as little as one gram. This means more people can afford to send them into orbit. Now, sat...

In a new study led by Institute Professor Maurizio Porfiri at NYU Tandon, researchers showed a novel principle of actuation--to transform electrical energy into motion. This actuation mechanism is based on solvation, the...

The car-size Perseverance rover, which launched on July 30 of last year, is scheduled to land inside the 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater on Feb. 18.

Spinosaurus probably hunted more like a stork than a crocodile.

Minimoon SO 2020, a rocket booster that has been orbiting Earth for about 60 years, will drift off forever next month.

Clinical trials show that a new covid-19 vaccine developed by Novavax is highly effective against a variant of the coronavirus vaccine circulating widely in the UK, but less effective against a variant in South Africa

An AI can guess how a person will feel when viewing art and write a caption that passes as human-sounding 50 per cent of the time