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An intricate atlas of the inner lining of the uterus could help researchers better understand conditions like endometriosis, infertility and abnormal menstruation

Older adults are just as capable as younger individuals of remembering familiar music, but their brains must work harder in certain areas. While memory-related brain regions are less active in older people, sensory-relat...

A recent study explored the link between cadmium exposure and cognitive decline, finding that higher cadmium levels may be associated with thinking and memory problems in white people. The study followed 2,172 people ove...

As the "eyes of industry," 3D measurement technology provides comprehensive, accurate, and reliable 3D information for high-end precision manufacturing. Optical measurement methods, such as structured light projection, h...

Topological physics, which focuses on physical quantities that remain invariant under deformations, has garnered widespread interest in different areas of physics--photonics, quantum computing, solid-state physics, acous...

A previously unrecognized type of immune cell may be responsible for the itchy feeling brought on by bug bites and other allergic reactions.

A band that measures the acidity of sweat could flag if athletes or manual workers are overexerting themselves

Diamond is in many ways the ultimate material. Besides its enduring aesthetic value, diamond is also a highly versatile industrial material. While its claim as the hardest substance known to science has been usurped by u...

A NASA spacecraft erected a large, foil solar sail in orbit around Earth last week, after a failed attempt days earlier. However, subsequent observations of the spacecraft show it is "tumbling or wobbling" through space,...

Feedback is delighted to receive a response, however excruciating, from a junior doctor to the call for papers in which The Title Tells You Everything You Need to Know

Narratives around addiction often reduce it to a series of poor choices, lack of values and weakness. This has real-world consequences, warns Anna Wolfe

The author of Sapiens has turned his attention to the information networks that shape our societies, but when you stop and think about what he's saying, it's obvious

Space missions are extremely hard. Things going wrong should be expected, so having a sensible plan B is crucial

There's just over a month to go before the world's greatest festival of ideas and discoveries, so grab your tickets now, says Timothy Revell

These images are taken from a new book, Seeds: Time capsules of life, which explores how plant life has flourished in the past 360 million years

About 40% of cats play fetch with their owners, but it's not clear why.

Greg Eghigian's After the Flying Saucers Came and Luis Elizondo's Imminent both show how our fascination with UFOs goes beyond simple curiosity

Researchers at the Paris Institute of Nanoscience at Sorbonne University have developed a new method to encode images into the quantum correlations of photon pairs, making it invisible to conventional imaging techniques....

A helium reservoir with the highest concentrations ever seen could hold enough of the gas to address critical shortages in the U.S. affecting tech, medicine and space exploration.

LHC Run 3 began in 2022, with the recommissioning of the LHC at 6.8 TeV, resulting in the delivery of 39.7 fb ¹ of integrated luminosity, surpassing initial expectations. Luminosity is an important indicator of the perf...

A new procedure turns an alloy of nickel and titanium into a material as strong as steel but 20 times stretchier - and one application could be building planes with shape-shifting wings

A network of neurons in the brain seems to be larger in people with depression, which could change how we think about the condition's causes