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What lessons can we learn from the world's worst financial disasters as the cost of living rises?

The Amazon is losing "resilience," a study shows.

Early-life exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas reduced the IQ of around 170 million Americans, a new study reports.

The ability of retinal cells to "wall off" damage may be key to preserving vision.

People who live in communities with higher levels of racial prejudice have worse health outcomes, including more heart disease and mental health problems and higher overall mortality rates, according to new research.

A new post-mortem study identified significant differences in gene expression in two brain areas in patients with bipolar disorder.

We all know we should exercise and eat healthy foods. But doing that isn't just good for maintaining your figure as you age. New research shows that physical activity could help protect your cognitive abilities as you ag...

A team of student researchers has discovered human microRNA genes not shared with any other primate species and which may have played an important role in the unique evolution of the human species. The students found at ...

Researchers have shown that a dental tool they created can measure the acidity built up by the bacteria in plaque that leads to cavities.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is being felt far and wide, from risks to nuclear power plants to impacts on science experiments to fear of a nuclear war.

Physicists in the MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms (CUA) have developed a new approach to control the outcome of chemical reactions. This is traditionally done using temperature and chemical catalysts, or more rece...

Heart attacks mean energy deprivation. Could a fatty acid found in energy drinks, then, help recovery? A preclinical study explores this question.

REPowerEU energy strategy focuses on major diversification of gas supplies away from Russia, and towards an accelerated use of renewable energy

People with dementia struggle to adapt to changes in their environment because of damage to areas of the brain known as 'multiple demand networks', highly-evolved areas of the brain that support general intelligence, say...

A herd of antelope feeds peacefully on a meadow. Suddenly, a lion shows up, and the herd flees. But how do they manage to do so collectively? Konstanz physicist Chun-Jen Chen and Professor Clemens Bechinger, a member of ...

The collaboration between American, Russian and European scientists that survived the Cold War has been put on hold.

Scientific monitoring of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is being affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The helicopter is providing scientists with information about Mars, reaching places the Perseverance rover cannot traverse

A newly proposed technique enables rapid 3D image acquisition. One-scan is a technique involving an elongated light spot that resembles a "needle" which captures three-dimensional (3D) images of a specimen.

Researchers in biomedical physics and biology have significantly improved micro-computed tomography, more specifically imaging with phase contrast and high brilliance X-ray radiation. They have developed a new microstruc...

A RIKEN physicist and two colleagues have found that a wormhole--a bridge connecting distant regions of the Universe--helps to shed light on the mystery of what happens to information about matter consumed by black holes...

Scientists identified shark DNA in pet food products, none of which listed shark meat in the ingredients.