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Creating green technologies like batteries and solar panels requires a lot of minerals, and a lot of mining. The challenge now is to extract what we need without destroying the environment

The combination of bad air quality and a genetic predisposition raises the risk of a person developing depression significantly more than each factor in isolation.

During development, different populations of neurons required for building connections between brain areas share similar genetic programs.

A new NIH grant will allow Virginia Tech researchers to explore the mechanisms of social memory in the hippocampus.

Asian honeybees produce what has been described as a disturbing scream-like sound when their hive is attacked by giant hornets

Numerous studies have found dancing can help promote improved mental health and overall wellbeing, regardless of a person's age. Researchers explore why some people are "born to dance".

A 12-week program of moderate to strenuous exercise significantly helps relieve anxiety symptoms, a new study reports.

Cognitive control training that focuses on important factors while ignoring distractions enhances information processing and enables the ability to "learn to learn".

In the Namib desert--one of the driest places in the world--a tiny species of beetle climbs the dunes, leans its body toward the wind, and catches the only source of water it can: passing droplets of fog.

Children's baby teeth may help identify risks for developing mental health disorders later in life, researchers report. The thickness of growth marks in primary teeth may be associated with risk factors for depression an...

Governments joined industry leaders to create the Clydebank Declaration, committing to creating zero-carbon corridors along major shipping routes - but big questions on cleaning up a heavily polluting industry remain unr...

Researchers have shown that albino mice of the C57BL/6 line are highly susceptible to developing the inflammatory liver condition non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) when fed a high cholesterol diet. The albino mice car...

Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are closer to developing a safe and effective non-opioid pain reliever after a study showed that a new compound they created reduces the sensation of pain by regul...

Scientists uncovered more than 100 new fossils to learn more about the world's largest ammonites.

In tests with hidden loudspeakers, cats show signs of being surprised when their owner's voice seemed to quickly "teleport" from one side of a room to another

Nature documentaries have long exploited the elegant swerves of massive schools of fish. Fish team up to more easily cut through the water and protect themselves from predators.

Engineers have successfully transferred digitally encoded information wirelessly using nuclear radiation instead of conventional technology.

Building better air filters could help head off the next pandemic. At the 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, scientists will present the latest results on how future face masks may work, what happ...

Despite effective vaccines, it has become clear that SARS-CoV-2 will not fully disappear anytime soon. At the 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, physicists and engineers will present innovative wa...

A mysterious underground "bowling alley" structure beneath Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire is the remains of a medieval tannery where monks and lay brothers processed animal hides into leather.

Researchers have found a new way to detect the virus that causes COVID-19 by testing the air passing through building ventilation systems. The discovery could lead to earlier detection of the virus, improved quarantine p...

Usually diagnosed in children, teens and young adults, type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys insulin-secreting beta-cells in the pancreas. As a result, people with type ...