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Estrogen sets up physical differences in the brains of males and females during development, a new study reports.

Restricting calories and eating only during the most active part of the day helped extend the lifespan of mice.

Researchers identified a group of neurons in the frontal lobe that enables flexibility to learn new skills and the focus to develop sophisticated skills. The brain uses the same group of neurons for performance feedback ...

Epithelial cells in the gut continue to be active in mice even after an irritant or infection clears, which may be the source of chronic gut pain associated with irritable bowel syndrome

Study reveals a new mechanism that appears to reverse the build-up of protein aggregates by refolding them, rather than removing them.

Facts about these ancient Egyptian monuments, still a source of speculation and debate.

The show originates from Halley's Comet and may generate as many as 30 shooting stars an hour.

The man was the first person to receive a transplant using a heart from a genetically modified pig.

Researchers describe the underlying signaling pathway that results in pulmonary arterial hypertension and a novel monoclonal antibody therapy that blocks the abnormal blood vessel formation characterizing the disease.

Researchers have identified distinct differences among the cells comprising a tissue in the retina that is vital to human visual perception. The scientists discovered five subpopulations of retinal pigment epithelium (RP...

A colorful candy nonpareil coating gives pills a unique pattern that can be stored by the manufacturer in a database. Consumers could upload a smartphone photograph of a pill and if its CandyCode matches one in the datab...

An ancient trilobite fossil revealed that it had teensy claspers, which males likely used to "hug" females while mating.

People from societally advantaged groups think equality-promoting policies will affect them negatively, even if they would actually benefit

A coaching program aimed at decreasing burnout among female resident physicians significantly reduced emotional exhaustion and imposter syndrome while increasing self-compassion over a six month period.

Researchers found that inversions in the human genome form more commonly than previously thought, which impacts our understanding of certain genetic diseases.

A theoretical study shows that long-range entanglement can indeed survive at temperatures above absolute zero, if the correct conditions are met.

In one single nanotrack, a research team has achieved the annihilation, fusion and shunting of two skyrmions with opposite chirality via local reversal of the DMI, as well as the pinning effect of energy barriers on skyr...

A new estimate by the World Health Organization suggests that deaths from the pandemic are much higher than official figures - but that is because these figures are unreliable in many places

Our guide to which fruits are good for diabetics will help you to choose what to eat more of, and what to avoid

Research conducted within the Cluster of Excellence "Matter and Light for Quantum Computing" (ML4Q) has analyzed cutting-edge device structures of quantum computers to demonstrate that some of them are indeed operating d...

A group of theoretical physicists from the University of Jyväskylä and Tampere University, Finland, and the Materials Physics Center in San Sebastian, Spain, explain how superconductors can carry magnetic information t...

Viral infection may explain why a pig's heart failed months after being transplanted in a ground-breaking surgery