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Neuroscientists have discovered that the anesthesia drug propofol causes unconsciousness by disrupting the brain's balance between stability and excitability. The drug leads to increasingly unstable brain activity, preve...

Researchers developed a neural network that mimics human decision-making by incorporating elements of uncertainty and evidence accumulation. This model, trained on handwritten digits, produces more human-like decisions c...

Researchers have identified the SH2B1 gene's crucial role in regulating food intake and energy expenditure. Mutations in SH2B1 are linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction-associated liver disease.

A new study identifies beta frequency neural activity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) as crucial for recognizing rewards and shaping behavior. This neural signature is altered in patients with depression, suggesti...

Researchers have identified how the brain's default mode network (DMN) collaborates with other regions to produce creative thought. By using advanced brain imaging techniques, they tracked real-time brain activity during...

The fusion of two nuclei is a complex process influenced by many factors. These factors include not only the relative energy and angular momentum of the two nuclei, but also how their structures evolve as they collide. T...

A device that generates a small electrical current from falling raindrops is able to power lights and fans

Twenty doomed Starlink satellites, which were prematurely released during a botched Falcon 9 rocket launch last week, have burned up in the upper atmosphere after falling back to Earth, new data confirms. Experts are cur...

Men in their 50s experience age-related symptoms and hormone declines -- but is this the same as what women go through during menopause?

GPS jamming and spoofing has begun to affect transatlantic flights. Now the race is on to develop alternative ways of navigating

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An AI can identify the sex of a 9 to 10-year-old child based on their brain scans, but may be less accurate when it comes to gauging their gender

We may have finally found an entry point to the caves hidden beneath the moon's surface, which could shield future astronauts from dangerous radiation

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With just the flick of a switch, quantum materials can undergo drastic changes. One notable example is the insulator-to-metal transition, a reversible physical phenomenon in which a material shifts from an insulating sta...

A new generation of “flying cars” promises to revolutionize urban mobility, but limited battery power holds them back from plying longer routes. A new hydrogen-powered variant from Joby Aviation could soon change tha...

A recent study suggests that consciousness evolved not for individual survival, but for social purposes, helping humans communicate ideas and emotions. Researchers argue that intuition heavily influences our understandin...

For the first time, physicists have observed excited states in the very neutron-deficient odd-odd nucleus, lanthanum-120. The study, published in Physics Letters B, was conducted by researchers from the Institute of Mode...

A new study reveals that adolescent boys respond aggressively to perceived threats to their masculinity, particularly in environments with rigid gender norms. Researchers found that boys whose motivation to be masculine ...

A recent study links sleep preferences to brain performance, finding that "night owls" often score higher on cognitive tests than "morning larks." Researchers analyzed data from over 26,000 people, highlighting that slee...

Researchers in Australia spotted a magnificent tree frog with blue skin -- the result of a rare genetic mutation called axanthism, which suppresses yellow pigments that usually tint the frogs green.

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