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Most predators are stymied by the cicadas' 17-year life spans, but the insects are still vulnerable to being zombified.

An ion channel called TRPC5 acts as a molecular cold sensor in teeth and could serve as a new drug target for treating toothaches.

New research has demonstrated that a magnetic uranium compound can have strong thermoelectric properties, generating four times the transverse voltage from heat than the previous record in a cobalt-manganese-gallium comp...

The U.S. defense department is searching for what could be considered the "holy grail of data encryption," which would seal up a loophole that allows hackers to access sensitive information while it's being processed.

Chinese scientists have proposed a highly reliable thermal power generator by combining thermoacoustic effect and triboelectric effect.

If the European Union grew genetically engineered crops, it could cut carbon dioxide emissions by around 33 million tonnes a year - equivalent to 8 per cent of all the EU's agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in 2017

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists recently published the results of a three-week experimental campaign at the Lab's Jupiter Laser Facility to test the performance of laser-heated additive manufactu...

Resolving arguments on the day they occur helps reduce and improves overall wellbeing, researchers report.

Mice that consumed high-fat diets not only became obese, they also displayed an increased risk of depression and anxiety symptoms. This was mediated by a defective brain circuit. When the disruptions were corrected eithe...

Different areas of the inferior parietal lobe specialize in distinct cognitive functions, such as language processing and social cognition. However, these areas work together in conjunction with different brain areas in ...

Scientists are studying how signals sent from skeletal muscle affect the brain.

In times of uncertainly, the pursuit of happiness may not have positive results, researchers say.

Many experts have rejected that theory as unlikely.

Coping with the hay fever season in north-west Europe is set to get harder, with climate change potentially increasing the severity of the pollen season by more than half

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Under hypnosis, the brain shifts to a state where individual areas act more independently of each other than they do during typical waking state.

A well-preserved fossil reveals that 180 million years ago, an eight-armed predator suffocated with its prey.

The Hyades -- the closest star cluster to our sun -- is being stretched by an invisible 'lump,' researchers say.

The researchers say the discovery will give them new insights into how the immune system works, as well as enabling them to revise some of the most basic assumptions of immunology.

Scientists have isolated a molecule that might open new avenues in the fight against SARS-CoV-2. The active ingredient binds to the spike protein that the virus uses to dock to the cells it infects. This prevents them fr...

Researchers have identified and characterized a novel neural circuit that mediates the reciprocal control of obesity and depression in mouse models, and a potential therapy.

Multifunctional and diverse artificial neural systems can incorporate multimodal plasticity, memory and supervised learning functions to assist neuromorphic computation. In a new report, Jinran Yu and a research team in ...