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The supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy may not be a black hole at all, but rather a fluffy ball of dark matter called darkinos.

Cities including New York, London, Rio de Janeiro and Singapore have their own distinct microbiomes, according to a vast survey of microbes in 60 urban areas worldwide

Glucosamine is a major component of brain glycogen, a new study reports.

Disruptions in how the body converts cholesterol into bile acids may play a key role in the development of dementia.

Signals can be amplified by an optimum amount of noise, but stochastic resonance is a fragile phenomenon. Researchers at AMOLF were the first to investigate the role of memory for this phenomenon in an oil-filled optical...

Changes in sleep patterns in older men have been linked to an increased risk of cognitive decline, researchers report.

Diffuse optical localization imaging (DOLI) is a newly developed fluorescence microscopy technique that allows for high-resolution imaging of microcirculation in a non-invasive manner.

Scientists have observed early RNA transcription dynamics by recording where, when and how RNA polymerase enzymes kick off transcription by binding to a DNA sequence.

The FDA should better define limits for benzene in sunscreen, the company said.

A new, massive genome wide study has identified 178 genetic variants linked to major depressive disorder.

According to the results of a multi-year scientific study, ants of the species Temnothorax nylanderi show exceptionally high survival rates when infected with a tapeworm.

The blood-brain barrier is impermeable to cholesterol, yet high blood cholesterol is associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. However, the underlying mechanisms mediating this relation...

An electrical generator built into a backpack attaches to a person's heels to make walking more efficient while also harvesting enough energy to power itself

A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted among 43 healthy adult males between the ages of 50-72. The 8-week treatment program included diet, sleep, exercise and relaxation guidance, and supplemental probiotic...

New estimates suggest that mass gatherings during an election in the Malaysian state of Sabah directly caused 70 percent of COVID-19 cases detected in Sabah after the election, and indirectly caused 64.4 percent of cases...

As the owner of a human body, you're carrying trillions of microbes with you everywhere you go. These microscopic organisms aren't just hitching a ride; many of them perform essential chemical reactions that regulate eve...

In the perpetual arms races between bacteria and human-made antibiotics, there is a new tool to give human medicine the edge, in part by revealing bacterial weaknesses and potentially by leading to more targeted or new t...

How materials behave depends on the interactions between countless atoms. You could see this as a giant group chat in which atoms are continuously exchanging quantum information. Researchers from Delft University of Tech...

Scientists hope to identify the genes that the animals use to adapt to extreme environments.

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A Penn State scientist studying crystal structures has developed a new mathematical formula that may solve a decades-old problem in understanding spacetime, the fabric of the universe proposed in Einstein's theories of r...

What does quark-gluon plasma--the hot soup of elementary particles formed a few microseconds after the Big Bang--have in common with tap water? Scientists say it's the way it flows.