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Work plays an active role in keeping the brain healthy and retaining cognitive abilities as we age, researchers report.

While all atomic nuclei except hydrogen are composed of protons and neutrons, physicists have been searching for a particle consisting of two, three or four neutrons for over half a century. Experiments by a team of phys...

Attackers could gain access to printers and manipulate designs of parts such as aircraft propellers in ways that are difficult to detect

Uncertainty is part of life. There's just no escaping it, even in a science as precise as nuclear physics.

Researchers have refined a molecule that shows promise for the prevention of Parkinson's disease.

A new study finds that aiming to wait just 60 seconds to clamp the umbilical cord of very premature babies at birth continues to have benefits two years on - decreasing the child's risk of death or major disability.

How accurate are fitness trackers? We discover how they measure up when monitoring your heart rate, steps walked and calories burned.

Find out how to get stronger with these tips to increase body strength and train smarter.

Maternal body odour signals to babies that they can safely build relationships with other adults, a trait that may have evolved so that mothers can share the load of child rearing

The predicted existence of an exotic particle made up of six elementary particles known as quarks by RIKEN researchers could deepen our understanding of how quarks combine to form the nuclei of atoms.

A robot arm controlled by an algorithm can play table tennis against human players after a short training session using both a virtual and real table tennis table

Investors have pulled out of a project to drill the Cambo oil field in the North Sea. Does this mark the end of new oil and gas extraction in the region?

Scepticism in Western countries around Russia's vaccine reflects politics not science - the Sputnik V vaccine has the highest protection against symptomatic disease of any covid-19 vaccine

Ambient temperature influences the results of some of the most used laboratory tests, and these distortions likely affect medical decision making, such as whether to prescribe medications, researchers report. The authors...

Scientists have identified a rare population of potentially toxic senescent cells in human brains that can serve as a target for a new Alzheimer's disease treatment.

Learn how to swim in the ocean with these open water swimming tips for beginners.

Learn how to floss your teeth correctly.

Muon imaging, or "muography," may be a niche field, but with uses in probing both man-made and natural structures, its appeal is expanding rapidly. A new open-access review published in Reviews in Physics by Lorenzo Bone...

A team of researchers has for the first time visualized a human cell death complex linked to autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease, and injuries associated with excessive cell death.

The hunt is on for leptoquarks, particles beyond the limits of the standard model of particle physics --the best description we have so far of the physics that governs the forces of the Universe and its particles. Thes...

A study measured arterial stiffness in women from wide age range. Increased stiffness is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Age was a strong determinant of arterial stiffness. Indicative of the role o...

When cells within a single tumor differ in terms of their genetic makeup, this is referred to as intratumor heterogeneity. Researchers have been able to reconstruct the process by which this genetic heterogeneity develop...