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The research gave us a mechanistic insight into two of our most fundamental sensory experiences.

Gastrointestinal problems associated with gas symptoms are linked to poor quality of life, higher stress, and increases in anxiety and depression.

Endocannabinoids actively balance neural connections, allowing cells to either activate or inhibit each other. The findings shed light on the role endocannabinoids play in learning and some psychiatric disorders.

A modified deep brain stimulation devise that delivers on-demand stimulation when it recognizes changes in brain patterns provides immediate and long-term relief for depression sufferers.

A new study reveals an association between high blood pressure in a person's thirties and forties to smaller brain size and an increased risk of developing dementia later in life.

Prucalopride, a medication commonly prescribed to treat constipation, may help improve memory and cognition. People prescribed the drug for 6 days performed better in memory tests and had increased activity in brain area...

Researchers have identified the neural correlates of team flow, a state where members of a team get into "the zone" to accomplish a task. The finding could be used as a tool to predict and enhance team performance.

The world's city dwellers collectively experienced 119 billion days above 30°C in 2016 - a 199 per cent increase on the equivalent 1983 figure of 40 billion days

The Azores, some 1400 kilometres off the west coast of Europe, were settled by the Portuguese in the 1400s, but now there's evidence people had lived there 700 years earlier

New computer simulations reveal that sudden restructuring of the cytoskeleton, or scaffolding, inside animal cells is caused by the slow buildup and rapid release of mechanical energy. Called cytoquakes, these disturbanc...

Find out how to sleep for longer, and just how much sleep humans really need.

Researchers have examined long-term outcomes in patients who received pacemaker implantations after transcatheter aortic valve replacement through their groin. The result showed no significant difference in mortality for...

'Think twice' campaign could reduce risk of UK opioid epidemic. A pilot campaign that urged GPs (family doctors) to 'think-twice' before putting a patient on opioid medicines was effective in reducing opioid prescribing ...

An international research team effectively put an end to that practice with a clinical trial that concluded convalescent plasma is 'futile' as a COVID-19 treatment for most critically ill patients.

Scientists are using a new mathematical tool to predict how combinations of genetic mutations cause different types of tumors.

The cement had traveled through the man's bloodstream after a medical procedure.

Need to know how to exercise without hurting your knees? You're in the right place to find out.

The actor William Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek, will fly aboard a Blue Origin rocket on 12 October

A treatment for depression that involves putting electrodes into the brain to respond to unique neural patterns has seen success for a 36-year-old woman

Painful knee arthritis may occur when cartilage breaks down and increases friction in joints, but tests in rats suggest a synthetic lubricating fluid helps cartilage regenerate

The first demonstration of error correction on a quantum computer that doesn't lead to more mistakes is a step towards genuinely useful computation

A specific wavelength of ultraviolet (UV) light is not only extremely effective at killing the virus which causes COVID-19, but is also safer for use in public spaces, finds new research.