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"Amniotic fluid" eye drops aren't approved and could be harmful, the Food and Drug Administration warned.

The Unistellar eVscope 2 is a little more affordable with this huge deal, bringing the hefty price down a bit to $4299.

A new study reveals that nutrient intake, brain structure and cognitive function jointly contribute to brain health in older adults. The research discovered that blood markers of certain fatty acids are linked with bette...

The Saildrone Surveyor mission discovered the unnamed, 3,200-foot-tall formation in February while mapping the seafloor off the coast of California.

Objective circumstances and behaviors like wealth and health affect happiness as much as subjective psychological traits, according to a recent study. Researchers found that surveys of happiness and life satisfaction ove...

The shape of the brain has developed in parallel with its function throughout the course of evolution. The study examined 3D surface models of the brains of 90 species of Euarchontoglires, allowing researchers to analyze...

A large national study finds that preteens with excess weight show significant differences in cognitive performance, brain structures, and brain circuitry when compared to those with normal body-mass index. Although the ...

Social determinants of health are linked to suicide risk, with the suicide rate nearly doubling between the least and most socially vulnerable counties. The study proposes several public health and economic policies that...

A recent outbreak of avian flu has killed 15 per cent of the wild population of California condors, and officials are bracing for the virus' spread

Drugs used to treat glaucoma and high-altitude sickness may prevent cognitive impairment caused by Alzheimer's disease in mice. The research indicates that carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, already approved by the US Food a...

A satellite from the United Arab Emirates revealed that Mars' moon Deimos is made of the same material as the Red Planet itself, hinting at an ancient collision.

A new study reveals that prosody - rhythm, melodic stress, pitch, pauses - plays a fundamental role in babies' language acquisition and cognitive development, improving their ability to identify distant grammatical regul...

Neuronal activity is necessary and sufficient for astrocytes to develop their bushy shape, which is fundamental for brain function. These findings suggest that astrocyte development and function involve a complex pattern...

A new study shows that musical training can improve audiovisual speech perception in aging adults by preserving and compensating for youthful neural patterns. The research reveals two mechanisms that older musicians use ...

Experts in nuclear physics and quantum information have demonstrated the application of a photon-number-resolving system to accurately resolve more than 100 photons. The feat is a major step forward in capability for qua...

Carl Woods's moving documentary My Everest tells the story of Max Stainton-Parfitt, who has cerebral palsy, and his epic expedition to Everest South Base Camp

Condensed matter is a huge field of physics that gets less attention than it deserves. We must show people its subtle magic if we are to draw in a diverse set of researchers for the next generation, says Felix Flicker

The pioneering work of Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian, who trained in the late 19th century, is finally brought into conversation at the Tate Modern in London

A 2021 paper has got physicists discussing whether our inability to use classical physics to describe reality on a quantum scale is a human failing - and what proof is necessary to show that the world really is quantum m...

From the development of agriculture to the global rise of religions, Jonathan Kennedy's book describes how infectious diseases have been a decisive force in shaping human history

One in five cars sold worldwide in 2023 will be electric, but a mass shift away from the internal combustion engine will bring its own problems

The glowing dots in these images are single rubidium atoms, pristinely arranged in arrays about as wide as a human hair. The team of CQT Principal Investigator Loh Huanqian captured these pictures to show how they can as...