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Scientists will vaccinate all the adults in a single city to see whether a COVID-19 vaccine will reduce cases.

D-Wave Systems Inc. today published a milestone study in collaboration with scientists at Google, demonstrating a computational performance advantage, increasing with both simulation size and problem hardness, to over 3 ...

Researchers have successfully achieved real-time communication with a sleeping person by invading their dreams in several independent experiments.

Children aged 4-6 who had better cardiorespiratory fitness than their peers performed better on cognitive tests and in other tests of brain function.

NASA's Perseverance rover sent home two images immediately upon its successful landing on the Martian surface Thursday (Feb. 18).

NASA's Perseverance rover has landed, and it will soon start taking dust samples to be returned to Earth and searching for evidence of ancient life on Mars

SSRI's, ketamine, and tricyclic antidepressants all bind with TrkB. The findings challenge the roles serotonin and glutamate receptors play in the effects of antidepressant medications.

Researchers identify distinct signatures in the gut microbiome that were associated with either healthy and unhealthy aging trajectories.

Researchers identified new therapeutic targets for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) that could lead to new treatment options for patients.

Higher levels of the GFAP protein in the blood could be used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease decades before symptoms appear.

Engineers have developed a technique that allows them to precisely place microscopic devices formed from folded DNA molecules in not only a specific location but also in a specific orientation.

The working group led by Prof. Stephan Schiller, Ph.D. from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) has used a novel, high-precision laser spectroscopic experiment to measure the internal vibration of the simplest mo...

This political activist and minister challenged the conventions of race and religion during the early years of the civil rights movement.

The adorable clone, named Elizabeth Ann, was created using cells that were frozen more than three decades ago.

Latest discovery could improve development of future stem cell therapies and cancer treatments.

Researchers show that levels of specific antibodies developed in the immune response may influence COVID-19 outcomes in both children and adults.

Brain scans reveal that LSD may free the brain from its own natural barriers.

People who suffer from obesity have stronger connections between brain areas associated with the motivation to eat and the rewarding effect of food consumption. Additionally, researchers found noted differences in the th...

Irregular sleep patterns and inconsistent sleep-wake times increase the risk of bad moods and developing depression.

A unique brain protein measured in the blood could be used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease decades before symptoms develop, according to new Edith Cowan University (ECU) research.

One day physicians may be able to look at an African American's skin color and, with the help of other determinants, know if prescribing vitamin D supplements would lower that person's risk of getting cancers of the pros...

A child's first influenza infection shapes their immunity to future airborne flu viruses - including emerging pandemic strains. But not all flu strains spur the same initial immune defense, according to new findings publ...