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Every computing system, biological or synthetic, from cells to brains to laptops, has a cost. This isn't the price, which is easy to discern, but an energy cost connected to the work required to run a program and the hea...

Young individuals who use high-potency cannabis between ages 16 and 18 are twice as likely to experience psychosis by their mid-twenties compared to those who use lower-potency strains. This research utilized data from t...

A new study identifies a crucial factor in brain aging and Alzheimer's disease--the accumulation of Glu-5'tsRNA-CTC in neuron mitochondria. This small RNA fragment disrupts mitochondrial protein synthesis and cristae str...

Three U.S. hospital patients contracted drug-resistant infections in Mexico in 2022 and were still being treated as of March 2024.

A new study explores the complex moral landscape of revenge, revealing that people's reactions to revenge vary significantly based on the emotions displayed by the avenger. Conducted across four surveys involving Polish ...

New research reveals that the names we assign to odors can significantly influence how we perceive them. In a study utilizing ultrahigh-field functional MRI technology, participants rated identical odors as more dissimil...

Mice benefitted from ultrasound therapy for a rare lung condition - the treatment might work for common forms of high blood pressure, too

A new study highlights the potential of psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, as a treatment for anorexia nervosa (AN), a psychiatric disorder with one of the highest mortality rates. The research demonstrated that psilo...

MIT physicists and colleagues have created a five-lane superhighway for electrons that could allow ultra-efficient electronics and more. The work, reported in the May 9 issue of Science, is one of several important disco...

When materials are subjected to extreme environments, they face the risk of mixing together. This mixing may result in hydrodynamic instabilities, yielding undesirable side effects. Such instabilities present a grand cha...

People perceive time as moving slower when they are exercising compared to resting or post-exercise. The research involved participants undergoing a time perception task during different cycling conditions, including sol...

A sticky liquid made from vegetable oil could be sprayed onto plants to catch small pests such as thrips without affecting larger insects such as bees

A NIMS research team has demonstrated for the first time ever that a simple stack of thermoelectric and magnetic material layers can exhibit a substantially larger transverse thermoelectric effect--energy conversion betw...

Scientists just published the most detailed map of a cubic millimeter of the human brain. Smaller than a grain of rice, the mapped section of brain includes over 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of blood vessels, and 150 mi...

A new study challenges traditional views on consciousness, arguing that our perceptions of mind-body separation are influenced by psychological biases. The researchers used experiments involving the well-known thought ex...

Researchers made significant advances in understanding parasomnias--complex sleep behaviors where individuals are semi-conscious, often interacting with their environment. The team explored brain activity during these ep...

A new study challenges the prevailing theory that sleep aids in the detoxification of the brain. Researchers found that the brain's toxin clearance is significantly reduced during sleep and even more so under anesthesia,...

Single-pixel imaging (SPI) is a novel computational imaging technique that has been widely studied in recent years. This technique only uses a single pixel detector without spatial resolution to obtain the spatial inform...

The world's largest "ecoacoustic" survey, listening to Costa Rican rainforests, could pave the way for a network of sensors listening to the planet's biodiversity in real time

Photon-number distributions of various light sources have been studied extensively. However, little is known about the statistical distribution of electrons emitted under the effect of intense light.

An immense geomagnetic storm caused auroras as far south as Florida for the first time in 21 years after the sun unleashed a wave of solar flares and at least seven coronal mass ejections at Earth.

Between Friday (May 10) and Sunday (May 12), people across the world were treated to stunning aurora displays as Earth's magnetic field experienced its biggest disturbance since October 2003. The supercharged storm also ...