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Researchers uncovered a crucial role of the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC) in processing social cues, expanding our understanding of this brain region beyond working memory and multisensory integration. Using a ...

Early studies hint that a nerve block in the neck could help restore long COVID patients' normal sense of smell, but more research is needed.

An iceberg more than four times the size of New York City began drifting again after being stuck on the seafloor for nearly 40 years

Deep learning has revolutionized the way we perceive and utilize data. However, as datasets grow and computational demands increase, we need more efficient ways to handle, store, and process data. In this regard, optical...

New research from North Carolina State University and Michigan State University opens a new avenue for modeling low-energy nuclear reactions, which are key to the formation of elements within stars. The research lays the...

Exposure to cosmic radiation and weightlessness in space could increase the risk of astronauts developing erectile dysfunction, according to research in rats.

El Niño is in full swing and will likely remain "strong" this winter, but its effect on weather patterns in the U.S. depends on the behavior of an unusually warm blob in the western Pacific, experts say.

UK dietitians say people over 65 need more fat reserves, but why are they going against most other healthy weight guidelines?

Infected person has made full recovery but officials are investigating where they caught the virus and whether they may have passed it to other people

By mimicking how some insects use polarised light to navigate, a light-detecting compass can tell where magnetic north is even if clouds are covering the sun

A study has been published in Nuclear Science and Techniques, by researchers led by Prof. Hua Zheng from Shaanxi Normal University, heralding a significant breakthrough in high-energy particle physics. This study sheds n...

Almost four years after the first cases emerged, we are accumulating evidence about the physiology behind this complex condition - from microclots to viral persistence

The inability to remember your first few years of life is called infantile amnesia. But why does it happen?

A combined team of materials scientists and engineers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and Yale University, has shown via lab experiment, how water-filled channels crisscrossing multi-crystal ice can lead t...

A new study reveals that personalized health and lifestyle changes can significantly delay or prevent memory loss in older adults at high risk of Alzheimer's. The study, involving 172 participants, showed that those rece...

The Lorentz reciprocal theorem can now be applied to fluids with broken symmetries. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) in Göttingen have found a way to also accommodate th...

Bubbles are thin liquid shells surrounded by air. Although less well known, there are also antibubbles, which are the opposite of bubbles, i.e., a thin envelope of vapor surrounded by liquid. In a new study, we show that...

When a negatively charged electron and a positively charged hole in a pair remain bound together following excitation by light, they produce states known as excitons. These states can influence the optical properties of ...

An international team has conducted a groundbreaking study on stem cell therapy for progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). The therapy, involving the injection of neural stem cells into patients' brains, was found to be sa...

AI and a raft of revolutionary technologies are poised to transform how we communicate, says a new book by Philip Seargeant. Vijaysree Venkatraman explores the implications

This fitness tracker looks like a watch, records your steps, sleep, and workouts, and keeps tabs on your heart health.

A new study delves into the intricate nature of sexual motivation, emphasizing its complexity as both an abstract concept and a tangible physiological phenomenon. It underscores the significant role of gonadal hormones i...