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A tiny bubble popping within a liquid seems more fanciful than traumatic. But millions of popping vapor bubbles can cause significant damage to rigid structures like boat propellers or bridge supports. Can you imagine th...

Dampening retromer activity slows down the trafficking of tau in neurodegenerative disorders, a new study reports.

Brief exposure to Rapamycin, a promising anti-aging drug that has positive effects on health and lifespan, has the same effect as long-term exposure to the drug in animal models. The findings pave the way for testing the...

Mice respond better to the antidepressant effect of ketamine when the drug is delivered by men, not women, a new study reports.

AI and conventional computers are a match made in hell. The main reason is how hardware chips are currently set up. Based on the traditional Von Neumann architecture, the chip isolates memory storage from its main proces...

A person's mood in addition to alcohol-related cues contributes to cravings for alcohol in opposite ways in men and women.

How Earth's climate is affected by what happens on the sun.

Better glucose control can improve brain structure and function in young people with Type 1 diabetes.

Young people with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome have distinct and marked EEG differences in brain activity during sleep, which could influence psychiatric symptoms.

A rare, three-sided Viking arrowhead was discovered by glacial archaeologists in Norway.

Study reveals how a molecule produced by astrocytes interferes with normal neuron development in a range of neurodevelopmental disorders.

Stomach cramps and the urgent need for the toilet on long runs may partly be caused by decreased blood flow damaging gut cells. Compression socks reduce signs of this damage in marathon runners

The Vandals were a Germanic people who carved out an empire in North Africa and sacked Rome.

What is the connection between boron, an element in a common household cleaner, and tokamaks, ring-shaped fusion facilities that heat fuel to million-degree temperatures? Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DO...

The vast array of shapes that fungi can take, including colourful mushroom caps and tangles of thread-like moulds, evolved in two big bursts hundreds of millions of years ago

Imagine walking into an airport or grocery store and your smartphone automatically starts charging. This could be a reality one day, thanks to a new wireless laser charging system that overcomes some of the challenges th...

Archaeologists have unearthed one of the largest complexes of Neolithic standing stones near the city of Huelva in southwestern Spain, ahead of a plan to grow avocados there.

Ensure you're getting enough of this essential nutrient with these sources of vitamin B12

Computer simulations of a simplified dishwasher that uses hot, dry steam and no detergent found that it could kill all heat-resistant bacteria on a plate in under half a minute - but it might not actually clean your dish...

Supplements for weight loss have been around for a while, but what's the truth behind them?

Aortic valve stenosis occurs when the aortic valve narrows, constricting blood flow from the heart through the artery and to the entire body. In severe cases, it can lead to heart failure. Identifying the condition can b...

Scholars may have finally deciphered the vast majority of an ancient writing system known as Linear Elamite. But not everyone agrees with the findings.