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Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented and demonstrated a novel scheme for substantially improving the detection accuracy of information transmitted in pulses of light throu...

Is COVID-19's rapid evolution unusual, or do other viruses have as many variants as this coronavirus?

A team of mathematicians and physicists has discovered how ice formations are shaped by external forces, such as water temperature. Its newly published research may offer another means for gauging factors that cause ice ...

When choosing between high-value items, people's decisions tend to be faster and more accurate.

Researchers measured how brain waves travel in the prefrontal cortex during working memory tasks.

A heart attack or stroke can blindside people who thought they were at low risk. Now, research has found a new model that could improve how we assess heart disease.

Archaeologists have found three pendants from Holocaust victims at the Sobibor Nazi death camp in Poland over the past decade.

Study demonstrates the importance of a specific type of connection between neurons and may also explain how ketamine shows promise in treating depression.

Researchers provide high-resolution electron microscopy analysis of the molecular machinery within the respiratory chain.

When it comes to coping with climate change, there may be two types of people: those who take action to try to improve the environment and those who don't bother because they don't believe their actions will make a diffe...

A Phase 1 clinical trial has demonstrated the safety and efficacy of a novel immunotherapy drug in the treatment of HIV.

A research team has engineered novel nanoparticles to serve as 'molecular traps' to target SARS-CoV-2, the virus that spreads COVID-19. The traps bind to SARS-CoV-2 and prevent it from attacking macrophages.

New global estimate of tree diversity suggests there are 9200 undiscovered species, but many will be rare and vulnerable

A growth factor protein produced by rare immune cells in the intestine can protect against the effects of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a new discovery.

The priming of glioblastoma with a burst of radiation increased dramatically the uptake of extracellular vesicles-based immunotherapy by the tumor and the surrounding microenvironment, halting tumor growth, inducing anti...

An explanation of the grandfather paradox, and how it might be solved via the physics of time travel

About 9 million years ago, marine worms burrowed into a dead fish's head and left behind a skull full of fossilized poop.

Garden soil houses a variety of bacteria and their natural byproducts -- including one that may help halt tumor growth. Lankacidins are molecules that can be isolated from Strepomyces rochei, a common bacterium in soil. ...

Cerebral oedema is a dangerous complication in many brain-related conditions such as strokes. Researchers have now developed a new measurement method that enables a better understanding of the cellular causes of cerebral...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a spike in depression and anxiety in expectant mums, a new study has revealed. There was an increase in reported depression rates of 30 per cent from pre-pandemic levels, from 17 per cent to ...

Researchers developed a way to deliver RNA in a capsule that can be swallowed, which could make RNA vaccines easier to tolerate. It could also make it easier to deliver other kinds of therapeutic RNA or DNA directly to t...

When a solid object hits a liquid, the impact produces shock waves: a process that has long occupied engineers due to its implications for design of hydraulic systems or motors. KAUST researchers now show that impacts at...