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Beyond the headline breakthroughs, artificial intelligence is a global industrial complex. Having explored its political and social implications, Kate Crawford at Microsoft Research is now focusing on the infrastructure ...

Using brain organoid models, researchers have identified how the brain grows much larger and has three times as many neurons, as the brains of chimpanzees and gorillas.

When clinical trials were conducted to determine the immunogenicity -- the ability to elicit an immune response -- for the first two vaccines marshaled against SARS-CoV-2the virus that causes COVID-19, one group was not ...

Sargramostim, a medication that boosts white blood cells following cancer treatment, appears to improve memory and cognition in people with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.

Women who embarked on higher education reported better overall psychological well-being, positive affect, and reduced psychological distress.

Researchers have carried out clinical trials to test a mutation-specific vaccine against malignant brain tumors. The vaccine has been found to be safe and effective in triggering the desired immune response in the brain ...

Scientists report a novel noninvasive treatment for brain disorders based on breakthroughs in both optics and genetics. It involves stimulation of neurons by means of radioluminescent nanoparticles injected into the brai...

An international team has produced the first high-resolution 3D image of the sarcomere, the basic contractile unit of skeletal and heart muscle cells, by using electron cryo-tomography. Electron cryo-tomography capabilit...

Beams of accelerated electrons power electron microscopes, X-ray lasers, medical accelerators and other devices. To optimize the performance of these applications, operators must be able to analyze the quality of the bea...

Researchers have developed new techniques that can correct false memory recollections without damaging true autobiographical memories.

Researchers discovered that patient survival from sepsis is associated with higher platelet counts, and identified two currently available drugs that protect these blood cells and improve survival in mice with sepsis.

People working on mining sites in the Eastern Alps during the Bronze Age had cooked, bread-based meals delivered to them during the day

Swimming robots the size of bacteria can be knocked off course by particles in the fluid they are moving through, but an AI algorithm learns from feedback to get them to their target quickly

Eating local honey is often recommended as a treatment for hay fever. Does it have any effect? James Wong investigates

Photographer Adam Dean's striking shot of bats emerging from a Thai cave highlights research into the key question of whether covid-19 originates in bats

An elephant dangling by a rope the diameter of a table tennis ball, plus conference clumping and crab computing, in Feedback's weird weekly round-up

The Neanderthals, Denisovans and many others once shared Earth with us. What happened - and where are they now? Archaeologist Tom Higham has written a great insider account

With NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finally in sight, a new documentary charts its history and talks to leading scientists with a passion for the exoplanets and other worlds it may find

Understanding how covid-19 has been perceived in West African nations like Ghana is crucial to tackling it, says Ama de-Graft Aikins

Eating just one cup of leafy green vegetables every day could boost muscle function, according to new research. The study found that people who consumed a nitrate-rich diet, predominantly from vegetables, had significant...

Every few years, millions of by-the-wind sailor jellyfish wash up on beaches and die. What is causing so many of them to become stranded? The blob could be to blame.

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