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A difficult-to-treat form of ringworm can spread via sex and has now been seen in the U.S.

Researchers have developed a novel image sensor that significantly improves the ability to track neural voltage changes, crucial for understanding brain functions like memory. The new CMOS technology allows individual pi...

Adults with schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders are three times more likely to have Bartonella DNA in their blood than those without these conditions. This suggests that vector-borne pathogens like Bartonella coul...

A new study uncovered neural mechanisms used in planning, revealing an interplay between the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus. The study shows how the brain imagines future outcomes to guide decisions. This research she...

The James Webb Space Telescope has found carbon in a galaxy just 350 million years after the Big Bang. That could mean life began much earlier too, a new study argues.

In 1997, Jeanne Calment passed away at the age of 122 and a half. The longest living human documented to date, she pushed the boundary of what was previously considered the maximum human lifespan. Meanwhile, in 2023, Gui...

Oxygen deprivation in the brain triggers a feedback loop involving glutamate and nitric oxide, causing anoxia induced long-term potentiation (aLTP). This process disrupts regular memory-enhancing mechanisms, potentially ...

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) may cause multiple sclerosis (MS) through higher levels of immune cross-reactivity than previously thought. Researchers found that T-cells targeting EBV can also recognize brain proteins, a misdi...

DNA from prehistoric and modern-day people suggests that humans interbred with Neanderthals 47,000 years ago for a period lasting 6,800 years.

When element 61, also known as promethium, was first isolated by scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1945, it completed the series of chemical elements known as lanthanides. However,...

A study on newborn baby baboons' brain anatomy predicts their future hand preference for communication. Researchers found that baboons with left-side brain asymmetry in the planum temporale (PT) tend to use their right h...

Researchers identified brain regions and neuron types crucial for learning from negative experiences. They found that inhibitory neurons in the horizontal limb of the diagonal band of Broca (HDB) play a significant role ...

A company that ships whole cucumbers from Florida has recalled potentially contaminated produce.

SpaceX successfully launched its Starship rocket on the same day that Boeing's Starliner craft made its first crewed flight, a sign that the space industry is hotting up

On 5 July 2022, protons began colliding again in the LHCb detector after a three-and-a-half-year break known as Long Shutdown 2 (LS2), marking the start of the third run of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Mexico and the southern US have seen extreme temperatures due to a heat dome, a weather phenomenon that will become more intense with climate change

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, also known as the devil comet, recently made its closest approach to Earth for more than 70 years. During this close encounter, astrophotographers spotted a seemingly impossible "anti-tail" coming ...

A new public competition will allow a lucky astronomy enthusiast to name one of Earth's tiny "quasi-moons." Here's everything you need to know about how to enter the competition for free.

Crafted out of the trunk of a larch tree, this towering figure features several human faces.

When writers are allowed to get help from ChatGPT, they accept lower pay, fuelling fears that AI will lower the value of skilled workers

Visitors at a tiger reserve in India recently filmed an encounter between a tigress and a bear, with the bear charging after the tigress but deciding at the last minute it was not worth the fight.

Deep under the ground at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is a brand-new quantum sensor and computing research center called QUIET, and at the surface--100 meters above--sits its twin called LOUD.