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A new plasma operation scenario Super I Mode was discovered and demonstrated on the Experiment Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). The new high-confinement and self-organizing mechanism represents the reliability an...

Pine trees that are more than 600 years old have unusual branching patterns and other strange characteristics that suggest a strong ability to adapt to stress

Timbers from the hull of a 16th-century ship have been found in a flooded quarry in southeastern England.

Study reveals almost one-third of chronic pain patients use cannabis to help manage their symptoms.

A highly transmissible covid-19 subvariant called XBB.1.5 is now the dominant cause of covid-19 infections in the US - but there's no evidence it causes more serious illness

Using machine learning technology, researchers provide new insight into the neural mechanisms that govern anger and aggression.

"De novo" genes may have paved the way for humans' big brains.

Eukaryotic cells--the ones that make up most life as we know it, including all animals, plants and fungi--are highly structured objects.

Fossils show plants were producing higher levels of sunscreen chemicals to protect against higher ultraviolet light levels at the end of the Permian period

A new search for alien signals focuses on planetary transits, when exoplanets pass right in front of their suns.

At ITER--the world's largest experimental fusion reactor, currently under construction in France through international cooperation--the abrupt termination of magnetic confinement of a high temperature plasma through a so...

Study reveals women who experience domestic abuse are three times more likely to contract HIV infection.

There is a limit to how big existing wind turbine designs can get, which limits the power they can produce, but a new approach inspired by palm trees could help them scale up

Space-based solar power could provide round-the-clock access to renewable energy, sidestepping one of the technology’s biggest limitations. Now the idea is going to get its first true test after a Falcon 9 rocket succe...

Researchers have discovered a previously unidentified component of brain anatomy that acts as both a protective barrier and a platform by which immune cells monitor the brain for signs of inflammation and infection.

Neutron stars and black holes may be stellar corpses, but they are among the most active celestial objects. They produce some of the highest-energy radiation ever observed, and scientists have long puzzled over the physi...

A team from Nagoya University in Japan has observed, for the first time, the energy transferring from resonant electrons to whistler-mode waves in space. Their findings offer direct evidence of previously theorized effic...

Many of us seek solace in comfort foods during times of stress. But what makes them so appealing?

Clonidine, an FDA-approved medication commonly prescribed to treat blood-pressure disorders and ADHD, shows promise in mitigating the effects of PTSD.

Mysterious "halos" of rock surrounding cracks in a Martian crater may be made of water-rich opal gemstones, a new study suggests.

Perception of objects is robust to changes in our environment.

Findings reveal a cellular mechanism that helps improve physical fitness through exercise training and identifies one anti-aging intervention that helps delay the declines that occur with natural aging.