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With UV flashlights, researchers could spot the nests dozens of yards away.

Particles in many places at once, spooky influences and cats that are dead and alive at the same time - these are the phenomena that earned quantum theory its reputation for weirdness

A controversial recommendation to adjust a person's kidney test results based on their ethnicity has been removed from medical guidance in the UK

Ancient DNA from a woman who lived 7,200 years ago reveal she belongs to a vanished human lineage.

A new study suggests athletes with a history of concussion may show more brain injury from a later concussion, particularly in middle regions of the brain that are more susceptible to damage, when compared to athletes wi...

People whose scores on a dementia risk test indicated a less brain-healthy lifestyle, including smoking, high blood pressure and a poor diet, may also have the following: lower scores on thinking skills tests, more chang...

A new study demonstrates how quickly COVID-19 can spread through a household, and provides insight into how and why communities of color have suffered disproportionately from the pandemic.

A group of researchers reported that a specific pattern, or 'signature,' of markers on immune cells in the blood is a likely biomarker of response to checkpoint immunotherapy. Within this immune signature, a molecule LAG...

It's rare for a pre-teen to become enamored with thermodynamics, but those consumed by such a passion may consider themselves lucky to end up at a place like MIT. Madhumitha Ravichandran certainly does. A Ph.D. student i...

A new hydrogel that can be implanted during keyhole surgery and that provides a scaffold for cartilage cells to grow on could help improve the treatment of damaged joints

Clearer skies from restrictions on traffic during the covid-19 pandemic seem to have brought forward China's spring by around eight days, resulting in so much vegetation growth that the country was almost a fifth "greene...

At sites in the UK with streetlights, moth caterpillars decline by up to 50 per cent - and the decline is worse near LED lights compared with older, sodium lamps

The discovery of a gene linked to endometriosis, a painful condition that affects up to one in 10 women, has led to a drug treatment that shows promise in mice but hasn't yet been tested in people

New research offers insight into how to treat endometriosis. The researchers performed genetic analyses of humans and rhesus macaques to identify a specific gene, NPSR1, that increases risk of suffering from endometriosi...

A Wistar study shows the tumor suppressor Parkin, whose levels are reduced in different cancer types, causes acute metabolic and oxidative stress, suppresses mitochondrial trafficking, and blocks tumor cell movement, red...

Archaeologists examining the Herculaneum skeletal remains of the victims of Vesuvius say they have helped shed new light on the eating habits of ancient Romans -- with food differentiated along gender lines and revealing...

A new study analyzes the association between more than 100 environmental exposures and the 'epigenetic clock' of over 1,000 children in six European countries.

New research suggests that men and women worry about the impact of COVID-19 in far different ways. For example, men are more likely to be concerned about financial consequences from COVID-19 while women report greater fe...

A new commentary reinforces the need to engage the public in understanding the importance of menstrual health. This includes sufficient funding and more research to educate young people, their parents and communities abo...

Randomized clinical trial shows that engaging in virtual reality can significantly reduce pain and anxiety in children undergoing intravenous catheter placement.

A new analysis suggests that U.S. workers in industries that expose them to weather conditions work fewer hours per day when temperatures surpass 90 degrees Fahrenheit -- but only during periods of economic growth.

A 100-million-year-old fossil belongs to a strange pterosaur with a 50-centimetre-tall head crest that would have made it difficult for the winged reptile to fly