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Eggs and embryos from people with polycystic ovary syndrome have altered patterns of so-called epigenetic tags, which could explain how the condition is inherited

Scientists say they captured 3D images of a new organelle they're calling a "hemifusome," which may be a recycling center in human cells.

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have achieved exciting progress in quantum metrology, a field that harnesses quantum effects to make measurements with unprecedented accuracy. Their newly devel...

What makes someone "cool" appears to be remarkably consistent across cultures, according to a global psychology study. Researchers surveyed nearly 6,000 people from 13 countries and found that cool individuals are consis...

Operators lost contact with the MethaneSAT satellite on 20 June, a significant blow to efforts to track - and stop - methane emissions

New research shows that older adults may compensate for age-related cognitive decline by enhancing activity in a specific brain region linked to attention--the locus coeruleus (LC). In a brain imaging study, older partic...

New research reveals that sugar metabolism in brain cells may be a crucial defense against Alzheimer's and related dementias. Scientists found that neurons in both flies and human models of tauopathy accumulate excess gl...

A study suggests that carefully controlled electrical stimulation of the brain may improve math skills, most significantly in people with weaker connections in a specific part of the brain.

A clinical trial has revealed that Ambroxol, a common cough medicine in Europe, may help slow cognitive decline in people with Parkinson's disease dementia. The 12-month study found that the drug stabilized psychiatric s...

A new tool developed by researchers can estimate how fast someone is aging by analyzing a single MRI brain scan, predicting chronic disease risk and dementia years before symptoms appear. Unlike traditional "aging clocks...

The arrow of time can teach us more about how the universe began - and how it will end, says quantum columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) gets a breath of fresh air as it collides beams of protons and oxygen ions for the very first time. Oxygen-oxygen and neon-neon collisions are also on the menu of the next few days.

A team of researchers has developed a novel method for using cholesteric liquid crystals in optical microcavities. The platform created by the researchers enables the formation and dynamic tuning of photonic crystals wit...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that simultaneous stellar explosions have been visible to the naked eye in recorded history.

You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We've now made a huge leap towards finally figuring it out

The summer blockbuster Jurassic World Rebirth is hitting theaters, so Live Science asked paleontologist Steve Brusatte what it's like being the movie's scientific advisor.

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by DNA inherited from archaic humans

The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base camp last week.

A new study links lactose intolerance and food sensitivities to disrupted sleep and frequent nightmares. Researchers surveyed over 1,000 students and found that those with dairy intolerance reported more vivid and distur...

The drug helped people who couldn't get relief from existing treatments. The post This Ozempic-Like Drug Slashed Migraines by Half in a Small Trial appeared first on SingularityHub.

Astronomers have discovered the strange dance that leads to the creation of rare "double hot Jupiters" in binary star systems that are "just right."

A second transplant patient also became infected, leading their doctors to surmise that their new kidneys were likely to blame.