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The discovery of iron-based superconductors with a relatively high transition temperature Tc in 2008 opened a new chapter in the development of high-temperature superconductivity.

A diet rich in fermented foods enhances the diversity of gut microbes and decreases molecular signs of inflammation, according to researchers.

An international study of parks and gardens finds even the humble roadside verge plays an important role in the environment and for our health.

Coastal flooding could quadruple in the US in the 2030s, a new study of the lunar cycle and sea level rise finds.

Large telecommunication satellites used for TV broadcasting could be quickly and easily repurposed as anti-asteroid weapons according to European aerospace company Airbus.

Mysterious flares of X-rays from Jupiter's auroras suggest that the giant planet's "northern lights" may possess unexpected similarities with those of Earth, a new study finds.

(RUDN University) RUDN and Shahid Beheshti University (SBU) chemist proposed a protocol for converting cellulose into a catalyst for the synthesis of oxadiazoles. The new approach makes the catalyst 3 times more stable c...

A new model shows how different encounters with the police can affect population health at multiple levels.

Middle-aged women with higher levels of aerobic fitness sleep more each night and feel more rested than those who are less fit.

The desire of older adults to live to an advanced aged was significantly reduced by hypothetical adverse life events, such as the prospects of developing dementia or chronic pain conditions.

After 14,000 years of domestication, dogs have an edge in both cognition and people-reading skills over wolves.

Around 100 cases of Guillain-Barré have been reported in people who received the J&J vaccine.

The infection was fatal.

Early-life exposure to atmospheric lead was associated with less mature and less healthy personality traits in adults.

A study of people learning to read braille reveals how white matter reorganizes itself across different brain regions and timeframes to meet the brain's needs.

A study sampled more than 1.5 million people in 269 U.S. counties and 37 European nations. Researchers found that those who grew up in areas with higher levels of atmospheric lead had less adaptive personalities in adult...

The tool, called iAge, also hints at targets for future medical treatments.

Researchers have found that the magnetic field of the MRI scanner decreased the BBB opening volume by 3.3-fold to 11.7-fold, depending on the strength of the magnetic field, in a mouse model.

Pure quantum systems can undergo phase transitions analogous to the classical phase transition between the liquid and gaseous states of water. At the quantum level, however, the particle spins in states that emerge from ...

More than 100 people a day are expected to die and more than 1000 a day be admitted to hospital at the peak of the UK's current wave of covid-19 cases, the government's scientific advisers are anticipating.

A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China, working at the University of Science and Technology of China, has achieved another milestone in the development of a usable quantum computer. The grou...

Researchers deloped a new genetic circuit called the Equalizer that leads to uniform gene expression.