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Evidence of collisions between black holes and neutron stars suggests dark matter might consist of concentrations of primordial black holes.

A study by KAIST researchers revealed that an ionized gas jet blowing onto water, also known as a 'plasma jet," produces a more stable interaction with the water's surface compared to a neutral gas jet. This finding repo...

A new technology developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory and Honeywell is providing needed atmospheric environment information to the aerospace industry. The device, called TinMan, has quantified the number of therma...

Here's why the COVID-19 vaccine causes side effects, and why we shouldn't worry about them.

Multilingual people have similar brain activation to that of bilingual people, but the activation is much more sensitive and a lot faster.

Alterations in internal states can influence how behavior improves with learning.

The BrainGate brain-machine interface is able to transmit signals from a single neuron resolution with full broadband fidelity without physically tethering the user to a decoding system.

Administering the chemotherapy drug temozolomide to glioblastoma brain cancer patients in the morning may enhance the cancer-fighting effects. The study demonstrates the timing of chemotherapy could have a significant im...

A woman in England became pregnant while already pregnant.

A computer game that induces mice to experience hallucination-like events could be a key to understanding the neurobiological roots of psychosis, according to a new study.

Neurons lack the ability to replicate their DNA, so they're constantly working to repair damage to their genome. A new study finds that these repairs are not random, but instead focus on protecting certain genetic 'hot s...

Disruptions in the Atk protein can lead to brain changes that are characteristic of bipolar disorder.

The asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago eliminated plant-trampling dinosaurs and rained fertilising ash on South America's rainforests, letting flowering plants take over what used to be mostly coniferous forest...

Culture was once thought to be restricted to humans, then it was shown in apes and whales - now we are finding evidence of it throughout the animal kingdom

Mouse study reveals elevated dopamine levels preceded hallucination-like events, and artificially boosting dopamine levels induced more hallucination-like events. The behavioral effects could be blocked by administering ...

The developers gave an update from their ongoing clinical trial.

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About 10 years ago, researchers at the University of Bonn produced an extreme aggregate photon state, a single "super-photon" made up of many thousands of individual light particles, and presented a completely new light ...

A highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant had spread across the globe undetected for months when scientists discovered it, according to a new study.

A new article argues that today's health and equity challenges call for the US to shift from 'food insecurity' to 'nutrition insecurity' in order to catalyze appropriate focus and policies on access not just to food but ...

Researchers have uncovered a long-sought link in the battle to control cholesterol and heart disease. The protein that interferes with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors that clear 'bad' cholesterol from the blood w...

In new research, scientists have found for the first time that disruptions to a particular protein called Akt can lead to the brain changes characteristic of bipolar disorder. The results offer a foundation for research ...