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A new study shows that a lucid dreaming app, using the method called Targeted Lucidity Reactivation (TLR), can increase lucid dreaming frequency from 0.74 to 2.11 dreams per week. This research demonstrated that sensory ...

A new study shows that using reminders can counteract age-related declines in memory, especially for tasks that require prospective memory, such as taking medication. Researchers found that reminders help both younger an...

For the first time ever, scientists at Paderborn University have used high-performance computing (HPC) at large scales to analyze a quantum photonics experiment. In specific terms, this involved the tomographic reconstru...

Yamanaka factors can reverse aging in brain neurons, improving synaptic connections, metabolism, and protecting against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. Researchers introduced the Yamanaka factors into neuron...

A new study has developed a breakthrough biomedical tool that can deliver genetic material to edit faulty genes in fetal brain cells. Tested in mice, this technology offers the potential to stop the progression of neurod...

Complex carbon-based molecules crucial to life on Earth originated somewhere in space, but we didn't know where. Now, huge amounts of them have been spotted in a huge, cold cloud of gas

Rival tribes of bacteria armed with poison darts are fighting it out in your gut, with armies of traitors often winning the day

In the western US, the average maximum growth rate of fires has more than doubled over the past two decades

New research finds that marmots who experience adversity early in life have a lesser chance of survival.

An old physical phenomenon known as the Hall effect has revealed some new tricks, according to a team co-led by researchers at Penn State and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). They have reported their find...

A new battery design that uses only water, clay and graphene could source material on Mars and be more sustainable and accessible than traditional batteries

Early experiments suggest a patch that delivers harmless electric currents into the skin can thwart certain bacterial infections. However, it has not yet been tested in humans.

New research suggests that semaglutide, a popular diabetes and weight-loss drug, may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease in people with type 2 diabetes. The study compared semaglutide to seven other anti-diabetic drug...

A large new analysis suggests that some people carry genetic variants that make them more likely to have female than male offspring.

A new animated map sheds light on the superhot "zombie star" at the heart of a nebula leftover from a distant supernova witnessed by astronomers in 1181. The remains of the stellar explosion are unusually wonky and are s...

Zapping the skin with electricity could stop bacteria that live there harmlessly from entering the body and causing blood poisoning

Researchers have developed a faster and more accurate method for acquiring and reconstructing high-quality 3D surface measurements. The approach could greatly improve the speed and accuracy of surface measurements used f...

The search for new elements comes from the dream of finding a variant that is sufficiently stable to be long-lived and not prone to immediate decay. There is a theory in nuclear physics about an island of stability of su...

Despite talk of a green recovery, global greenhouse gas emissions continued to rise as the world emerged from coronavirus lockdowns

"Zebrahub" is an atlas of cells in developing zebrafish embryos, and scientists say it will help us learn about our own biology, too.

High-temperature superconductivity is one of the great mysteries of modern physics: Some materials conduct electrical current without any resistance--but only at very low temperatures. Finding a material that remains sup...

New research has uncovered that brain signals for aggression in male mice and sexual arousal in female mice are encoded by similar neural mechanisms. The studies found that a specific type of neural signal, called a line...