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Treatment with low-frequency ultrasound has restarted cell division in ageing human cells and improved physical performance in old mice

Using a technique to study seismic waves, researchers revealed a previously unknown magma chamber underneath a the Kolumbo submarine volcano.

Antibody molecules may travel up nerve fibres that pass from the nose to the brain in experiments on rats20

Study builds on mounting evidence that suggests rhesus monkeys may be a good model to study social deficits associated with autism spectrum disorder.

Forest fires, power cuts and damaged infrastructure...lightning fascinates and destroys in equal measure, causing as many as 24,000 deaths a year worldwide not to mention widespread destruction. Even today, the lightning...

Combining machine learning technology with neuroimaging data, clinicians will be better able to fully analyze a patient's glioblastoma brain tumor and predict cancer progression.

Where European eels start and end their lives was long a mystery, but an audacious expedition has finally revealed the last details of their incredible migration

Researchers have developed a novel neurofeedback technique based on Pavlovian conditioning that detects when a person's mind is wandering.

An analysis of more than 1000 science journals published over 38 years suggests that 12 per cent of journal editors publish a fifth of their own research

Toddlers are twice as likely to help a dog reach a toy, even when the animal showed no interest in the object. The findings suggest toddlers' prosocial and goal-reading abilities extend beyond other humans and to animals...

We are more likely to remember emotional experiences than neutral ones, but deep brain stimulation using implanted electrodes reduces this memory effect, so could be used to treat PTSD

Bosons, one of the two fundamental classes of particles, have been the focus of countless physics studies. When bosonic particles are transitioning into an already occupied final quantum state, the rate of this transitio...

Billions of dollars are pouring into longevity startups as a growing body of research shows that aging might not be as inevitable as we assumed. Now, a startup claims to have reached a major milestone by extending the li...

EPFL researchers have developed a novel approach to network analysis that allows them to reveal and interpret, for the first time, interactions among multiple variables in data from neuroscience, economics, and epidemiol...

It seems that the blueprint for complex brain development remains the same, despite 500 million years of divergent evolution.

Running in the cold and the heat can impact muscles, heart rate and oxygen levels.

A 9-year-old girl from Maryland, who has collected more than 400 fossilized shark teeth, discovered a 5-inch megalodon gnasher on Christmas Day.

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C has become the defining measure of success in the climate fight and we need to think about what comes next

Mental fuzziness can be frustrating and can be caused by lack of sleep or even an underlying illness.