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Study uncovers new genetic risk factors for age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of vision loss in adults.

Regularly practicing meditation helps regulate the gut microbiome and has the potential to lower anxiety, depression, and heart disease, a new study reports.

Google had previously kept its data centre water usage secret but it has recently revealed how many billions of litres it uses each year

A new biological sensor sends electrical information in response to the presence of an odor which the robot is able to detect and interpret.

Study reveals how dietary choline deficiency adversely affects the body and how it could be a missing piece of the puzzle when it comes to Alzheimer's disease.

The rate of children being hospitalized for cannabis poisoning increased in Canadian provinces that legalized edibles.

The surgeons had to refrain from using common procedures that could have detonated the grenade.

The book is the pristine version of the two copies originally kept in Newton's library

Using induced pluripotent stem cells derived from skin cells of people with Tourette syndrome, researchers create 3D brain organoid models of the basal ganglia, an area of the brain previously implicated in TS. The model...

One-minute stimulation with monochromatic light activates several visual and non-visual brain regions. The findings shed light on the impact of light stimulation on brain function.

Study opens the door for the exploration of information processing in vestibular synapses.

High-fat diets promote early inflammatory responses in the brain via an immune pathway associated with diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases. The findings suggest a link between metabolic dysfunction and cognitive impa...

Researchers have developed a minimally invasive "smart patch" that can detect proinflammatory biomarkers of neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease within skin interstitial fluid.

When it comes to broken promises, children between the ages of 3 to 5 can detect whether the excuse is good or bad.

Swiss physicist Karl Alex Muller, who won the Nobel Physics Prize in 1987 along with his German colleague Georg Bednorz for their discovery of the first high-temperature superconductor, has died.

Exercise has a youthfulness-promoting epigenetic effect on aging organisms, a new study reports.

Topological phases are not restricted to electronic systems. They can also occur in magnetic materials whose properties are described in terms of magnetic waves--or so-called magnons. However, even though scientists have...

The semantic networks in people with schizophrenia differ significantly from those in people without the mental health disorder.

A new smartphone app, dubbed HippoCamera helps to significantly improve memory recall and could have applications for improving memory for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The app mimics the function of the hipp...

There's a lot of hype surrounding the idea of a decentralised version of the internet that would give more power to ordinary users. Here's what it would take to make it happen

A team of Sandia National Laboratories researchers working on the reactor at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility is testing materials to make the next generation of fusion reactors, in the quest to develop more carbon-fr...

There is no good place to be when a nuclear bomb goes off. Anything too close is instantly vaporized, and radiation can pose a serious health threat even at a distance. In between, there is another danger: the blast wave...