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Scientists from the University of Bristol's Quantum Engineering Technology Labs (QETLabs) have developed an algorithm that provides valuable insights into the physics underlying quantum systems--paving the way for signif...

The online world is continuously expanding--always aggregating more services, more users, and more activity. Last year, the number of websites registered on the ".com" domain surpassed 150,000,000. However, more than a q...

Experimental anomalies have sent researchers scrambling to concoct new explanations --

Researchers have created a new algorithm based on blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers to help detect dementia.

Study finds evidence of inflammation in the blood of patients during the early stages of Parkinson's disease. The findings support the theory that inflammation is a driver of the neurodegenerative disorder. The effect wa...

A neuroimaging study of people with Down syndrome reveals subtle differences in the structure and function of the hippocampus.

Loneliness in middle-aged men increased the risk of them developing cancer by 10%.

Older adults with visual impairments are 1.3 times more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment, often considered a precursor to Alzheimer's disease, than those with no significant vision loss.

Fossil pollen records show a surge of regrowth in forests of the Amazon basin 300 to 600 years before Europeans arrived, suggesting Indigenous people may have left the region

In North America, mice in both New York and Alberta are larger than their southern cousins and make large nests that insulate against colder northern winters

Intermittent fasting can help to reduce hypertension by reshaping the gut's microbiome.

An experimental treatment produced improvements in cognitive function and language in patients with fragile X syndrome, according to new study results.

A new genetic database for autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases will allow experts to more deeply understand how immune disorders develop and plan future drug discovery projects. Scientists also hope this atlas of im...

Researchers have discovered a mechanism through which meningitis-causing bacteria can evade our immune system. In laboratory tests, they found that Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae respond to increasin...

Scientists have been able to track how a multi-drug resistant organism is able to evolve and spread widely among cystic fibrosis patients - showing that it can evolve rapidly within an individual during chronic infection...

A third of children and adolescents develop a mental health problem after a concussion, which could persist for several years post-injury, according to a new literature review.

Scientists have solved a 150-year-old mystery surrounding the classification of the extinct horned crocodile from Madagascar, giving it its own evolutionary group.

Some bacteria-invading viruses carry around DNA with a different letter -- Z -- that may help them survive.

Researchers have identified four distinct subtypes of Alzheimer's disease. The findings could lead to more individualized treatments for those with the neurodegenerative disorder.

Relationship jealousy often begins to arise before the age of sixteen, in many cases long before a person finds a partner.

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Larvae punch slower than adults can, but still strike far faster than their prey can swim.