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Researchers used software to identify drugs and fertilisers that can be made from 189 byproducts of large-scale industrial processes

Associate professor Mazhar Ali and his research group at TU Delft have discovered one-way superconductivity without magnetic fields, something that was thought to be impossible ever since its discovery in 1911--up until ...

Mars was recently shaken up by two of the largest marsquakes recorded.

Archaeologists unexpectedly discovered a Viking boat burial deep underground in Norway.

If it is successful, it will make getting to orbit cheaper still

Zebrafish study finds antibiotics can have detrimental effects on the descendants of those exposed to them, including weaker immune systems.

Researchers have used a systems biology approach to parse the genetic diversity of Clostridioides difficile, a particularly problematic pathogen, particularly in health care settings.

Researchers recently announced that they have engineered a new class of material, called a 'polyzwitterionic complex,' or 'pZC,' which is able to both withstand the harsh acidic conditions of the stomach and then dissolv...

A young child's counting skills are the single biggest predictor of their ability to participate in fair sharing behaviors. Prompting children to count improves their pro-social sharing behaviors, researchers say.

MIT research scientists Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez and Nathan Howard have just completed one of the most demanding calculations in fusion science--predicting the temperature and density profiles of a magnetically confined...

The association between exposure to socio-economic and environmental risks for psychosis and psychotic-like experiences are present during late childhood, much earlier than previously believed. The findings could assist ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have refined the measurement of the gamma (γ)-to-neutron branching ratio in deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion reactions.

Meta has used AI to develop concrete that emits 40 per cent less carbon, but researchers say that other concrete mixtures can already achieve that

Researchers show that three transcription factors -- GATA4, NKX2-5 and TBX5 -- interact with CHD4 inside the embryonic heart, recruit it for action, and uses CHD4 to play their roles in heart health and disease.

A previously developed a microbiome 'fingerprint' method that identifies single strains of particular gut bacteria through analysis of metagenomics data from fecal samples, has been refined to include looking for single-...

New research explores the different ways in which the brain distinguishes between music and speech.

Changing how battery particles are ordered speeds up charging times without affecting energy storage

Analysis of pollen preserved in peat at Slieveanorra in the Antrim hills reveals the resilience of a rural community through environmental changes

Archaeological work at Blick Mead, a site near Stonehenge, reveals that people were visiting the site thousands of years before the monument was built

Researchers have shown how chronic pain leads to maladaptive anxiety in mice, with implications for treatment of chronic pain-related psychiatric disorders in humans.

From the discovery of the first subatomic particle to the confirmation of the Higgs boson in 2012, Suzie Sheehy's account of experiments that changed our world is detailed but lively

As researchers reveal new insights into how creme-filled sandwich biscuits split apart, Feedback also ponders a new ruling on the cakey-ness of flapjacks, and Dutch cannibalism in the 19th century