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Scientists have discovered that breast cancer can quietly throw the brains internal clock off balance-almost immediately after cancer begins. In mice, tumors flattened the natural daily rhythm of stress hormones, disrupt...

Solid-state batteries could store more energy and charge faster than todays batteries, but they tend to crack and fail over time. Stanford researchers found that a nanoscale silver treatment can greatly strengthen the ba...

Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang.

Flu season in the U.S. is particularly bad this year, and a new branch of the flu family tree may be to blame.

Drawing inspiration from the remarkable adaptability of the human eye, researchers from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a novel phototransistor with tunable sensiti...

How did Romans invest their wealth in ancient times?

The James Webb telescope's search for habitable exoplanets is getting a big boost from its new star-watching companion, Pandora.

Georgetown University researchers have discovered a new class of strong magnets that do not rely on rare-earth or precious metals-a breakthrough that could significantly advance clean energy technologies and consumer ele...

While social media continues to circulate claims linking acetaminophen to autism in children, medical experts say those fears distract from a far more serious and proven danger: overdose. Acetaminophen, found in Tylenol ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about countless stars.

A huge bar of iron has been discovered lurking inside the iconic Ring Nebula. The structure is enormous, spanning hundreds of times the size of Plutos orbit and containing a Mars-sized amount of iron. It was detected usi...

We've all dealt with bad internet connections. But could the entire internet ever collapse?

When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way they do on Earth. In microgravity, infections still occurred, but both viruses and bacteria evo...

A long-running Swedish study has followed adults for nearly five decades, uncovering when physical decline truly begins. Fitness and strength start slipping around age 35, then worsen gradually with age. The encouraging ...