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Researchers, in a comprehensive brain autopsy study, discovered significant vascular and white matter damage in women who experienced intimate partner violence. Unlike in male contact sports athletes, no evidence of CTE ...

Researchers unveil how neurons in the brain depict time and space, fundamental to human consciousness. Utilizing special depth electrodes, they studied patients undergoing treatment for epilepsy, revealing "place cells" ...

Can a machine be trained to paint like Jackson Pollock? More specifically, can 3D printing harness Pollock's distinctive techniques to quickly and accurately print complex shapes?

A new study sheds light on when adolescents start thinking like adults. Researchers found that executive function, critical for task-switching and focus, typically matures around 18 years old.

The walled city likely served as a political and cultural hub in Bronze Age China.

Scientists unraveled how animals differentiate distinct scents, even those that seem remarkably similar. While some neurons consistently identify differing smells, others respond unpredictably, aiding in distinguishing n...

Obtaining high-resolution images in the world of microscopy has long been a challenge. Deconvolution, a method to enhance image clarity, often amplifies noise between the sample and the image. Researchers at Boston Unive...

Scientists have described two lamprey fossils with "extensively toothed" mouths from the Jurassic period, shining a light on how this group has evolved into its modern forms since the Devonian.

People with ADHD may need to search for their medicines at multiple pharmacies or see their doctor to get their prescription altered

Prairie dogs are anything but dogs. With a body resembling a Hershey's Kiss and a highly sophisticated chirp for communications, they're more hamster than golden retriever. Humans immediately get that prairie dogs aren't...

The Lucy spacecraft will visit its first of ten asteroids on 1 November - a small rock called Dinkinesh that will be used to test the scientific instruments for its mission to the Trojan asteroids

Suzie Edge is a medical historian who frequently surprises (and sometimes shocks) her TikTok followers with health stories of famous people from the past. Here are some of her favourites

In a quantum leap toward the future of unconventional computing technologies, a team of physicists made an advancement in spatial manipulation and energy control of room-temperature quantum fluids of light, aka polariton...

The way AI systems work means that we can't easily delete what they have learned. Now, researchers are seeking ways to remove sensitive information without having to retrain them from scratch

NASA has released a new image of an eerie, cranium-shaped caldera in the Sahara Desert, which looks like it is staring right at the orbiting camera.

A striking new image shows bright orange auroras dancing in the night sky above Canada. But auroras should never be this color, so what's going on?

A new tool may be able to predict the effectiveness of herbs used in traditional Chinese medicines -- but what do experts think of its assessments?

The most recent review into the effectiveness of face masks has confirmed that they do help to prevent covid-19, but the intervention remains a controversial issue

Water containing a cheap lithium bromide salt can deliver longer-lasting cooling for computers while improving their performance

Scientists have scanned the mummified remains of a supposed "mermaid" from Japan. The initial results suggest it is a horrifying mix of fish, monkey and lizard parts.

New research from a consortium of quantum physicists, led by Trinity College Dublin's Dr. Mark Mitchison, shows that imperfect timekeeping places a fundamental limit to quantum computers and their applications. The team ...

As a well-known ultraviolet (UV)-vis-near-infrared (IR) nonlinear optical (NLO) material in the borate system, β-BaB2O4 (BBO) has a wide range of applications because of its outstanding NLO performance. Further analysis...