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The International Commission on Illumination (CIE) has published Technical Report CIE 251:2023 LED Reference Spectrum for Photometer Calibration, related to laboratory measurements of LED lighting.

Study is the first to find mirror neurons in mice and in the hypothalamus, suggesting mirror neurons may have a more primal origin than previously believed.

Mothers who experience depression take longer to respond to their children during a back-and-forth conversation.

For the first time ever, researchers have created a facial approximation of a woman from the Nabataean civilization.

Archaeological work ahead of a rehabilitation project at a Gettysburg battlefield revealed an unexploded artillery shell from the Civil War.

Craving chocolate and other sweet foods in the lead up to a period has been linked to higher levels of inflammation

Environmental sensory signals are integrated differently in those with Fragile X syndrome, causing them to be underrepresented by cortical pyramidal neurons.

When optical beams, consisting of photons, travel through fibers, they cause vibrations that generate acoustic waves, consisting of phonons. The phenomenon, called Brillouin scattering, has been harnessed by researchers ...

The cryptic Book of Revelation in the Christian Bible deliberately uses the language and verbal elements seen in Roman curse tablets, probably in an effort to reinforce its message, one researcher says.

It's packed with ports and has surprising power, but the HP ZBook Firefly G9 is hindered by a poor screen and occasionally high prices.

After being diagnosed with aphasia in 2022, Bruce Willis has now been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.

Study reveals functional connectivity abnormalities in brain areas associated with reward processing, habit formation, and decision-making in those with substance use disorders and addiction.

Moves by Google, Microsoft and Baidu to bring AI chatbots into their search engines may bring big advantages, but they could also damage many industries and change the very way we interact with the web

A previously unknown frog species was discovered in Ecuador and named after fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien.

Roof-mounted heat pumps and heat-harvesting showers are among the green home technologies being put through their paces in a research facility in Manchester, UK

Researchers have created a new model of the blood-brain barrier that can mimic fluid flow to and from the brain.

Comet 108P/Ciffreo was spotted in 1985 hurtling through space alongside a strange blob of dust, and now astronomers have finally figured out where the blob came from

Fifteen turtles have been stranded in the UK and Ireland since November, a high number attributed to stormy weather in the US and Caribbean

Discover the science behind sleep talking, a behavior that over half the general population experiences at some point in their life.

Children constantly assist others every time they need help if there is no personal cost to helping, a new study reports.

Deficiencies in DSCAML1 disrupt normal brain development and increase baseline levels of cortisol, making the hormone less able to function correctly during periods of stress. The findings shed new light on programmed ce...