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Researchers upgraded BARseq to map millions of neurons, enhancing our understanding of brain connections. This advanced technique reveals how losing vision changes the visual cortex, making it more like neighboring brain...

A new study found that brain wave timing shapes our perception of speech. Researchers discovered that more probable sounds and words are perceived during less excitable brain wave phases, while less probable ones are not...

Low-dose aspirin reduces inflammatory responses caused by sleep restriction. Compared to a placebo, aspirin lowered interleukin-6, COX-1/COX-2 cells, and C-reactive protein levels.

Diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic, containing semaglutide, significantly reduce the incidence and recurrence of alcohol-use disorder (AUD). Analyzing health records, researchers observed a 50% to 56% decrease in AUD amon...

A rare sighting of a giant pangolin revives hopes for the species' survival in West Africa, despite threats from poaching and deforestation

Recent research suggests the brain might host its own microbiome, challenging the long-held belief that it is a sterile organ. Studies have found bacterial and fungal genetic material in brain tissues, particularly in th...

In May 2022, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU), launched its precision measurement program. Staff from FRIB's Low Energy Beam and Ion Trap (LEBIT) facility take high-energy, ra...

The Chang'e 6 moon lander touched down on 2 June and began collecting lunar rock for China's second sample-return mission

In the middle of the night, when stumbling into the kitchen for a glass of water, I rely on touch. Even in the dark, my fingers can feel the handrails--alerting me to a flight of stairs--the walls, the curvature of the c...

They say that one can miss the forest for the trees. But it's often worth taking a closer look at the trees to make sense of the dense, brambly whole. That's what a Stanford University group did to tackle a thorny quantu...

Mice that exercised soon after waking up had stronger and longer bones than those that exercised later in the day

This infection, tied to an ongoing outbreak in cows, is the first in the U.S. to cause respiratory symptoms, but not the first H5N1 case in the world to do so.

Researchers identified disease-specific reductions in emotional expressivity in Lewy body dementia through deep neural network analysis. This reduced vocal expression is linked to cognitive impairment and brain region at...

There's a hot new BEC in town that has nothing to do with bacon, egg, and cheese. You won't find it at your local bodega, but in the coldest place in New York: the lab of Columbia physicist Sebastian Will, whose experime...

Strange solids called temporal metamaterials finally make it possible to investigate the controversial idea of quantum friction - and push special relativity to its limits

In 1883, Osborne Reynolds injected ink into water in a short, clear pipe to observe its movement. His experiments showed that as the input water velocity increased, the flow went from laminar (smooth and predictable) to ...

Despite numerous tests, experts still can't figure out why smalltooth sawfish in Florida are dying in such a strange way -- spinning, thrashing and beaching themselves.

A rare fossil skull provides strong evidence that the Dromornithidae, an extinct group of Australian flightless birds, were related to geese and ducks

Orcas off the coast of Iberia are spending less time hunting and more time exploring new games thanks to the recent recovery of their favorite prey, Atlantic bluefin tuna.

The early Celts may have inherited power through their mother's side, according to an ancient DNA analysis of lavish burials in Europe.

In support of the development of large-scale superconducting quantum computers, researchers with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), one of the largest public research organizatio...

In the dynamic realm of optical physics, researchers are continually pushing the boundaries of how light can be manipulated and harnessed for practical applications.