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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)-like stimulation induces a durable state of cellular dematuration and epigenetic nuclear reprogramming in mature, post-mitotic neurons.

Tested in an individual with advanced ALS, the interface enabled the real-time expression of 2.7 million words over two years, including vocal intonation modulation and singing, marking a transformative milestone for cli...

Late adolescence triggers a temporary destabilization of contextual memory circuits due to the targeted remodeling of perineuronal nets (PNNs) in the retrosplenial cortex (RSP).

A new study establishes that primary hyperhidrosis is driven by a genetic defect in the Nav1.8 voltage-gated sodium channel.

Cognitive and behavioral symptoms in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) are driven by the remote circuit disruption of a shared frontoparietal architecture called the "PSP-tau network."

A new study evaluates 8,900 mother-infant pairs from the NIH ECHO program to prove that prenatal acetaminophen use carries no statistically significant association with adverse birth outcomes.

RNA can fold into more complex configurations than scientists thought, raising questions about how important these 3D structures were when life on Earth began.

An experiment showed AI users had the most creative ideas when they used it in moderation - not too much and not too little. Columnist David Robson puts the finding to the test, and explores what we lose when we over-rel...

Forecasts point to the ongoing El Niño rapidly strengthening to a likely all-time record in the coming months, fueling temperature rises and extreme weather.

A new study by Queen Mary University of London mathematician Professor Ginestra Bianconi proposes a new perspective on one of the deepest questions in modern physics: How can the universe become increasingly structured a...

Researchers predict that up to 7.6 billion people will be able to see the potentially hazardous asteroid Apophis fly past Earth on April 13, 2029. The skyscraper-size space rock will come closer than some satellites, mak...

Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a joint research team led by Professor Namkyoo Park and Professor Sunkyu Yu of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at SNU, in collaboratio...

Deep beneath the French-Swiss border, the world's largest scientific instrument has fallen silent. After years of smashing protons together at nearly the speed of light, CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has sto...

Heaven Lake is a body of water located 7,200 feet above sea level at the top of a volcano. It is the deepest lake in China as well as the highest and largest crater lake in Northeast Asia.

An open-source flight-control system found in consumer drones has been installed in Ukraines latest cruise missile, showing how cheap technology is making military hardware accessible to all

Quantum computers, systems that process information using the principles of quantum mechanics, could solve some problems that cannot be tackled by the classical computers currently used worldwide. Despite their potential...

Experiments will take advantage of the solar eclipse in August to learn more about the sun and Earth at a relatively low cost

A large laboratory study found that many commonly used sweeteners can directly change the growth of gut bacteria. Researchers identified more than 100 cases in which sweeteners behaved differently when combined with medi...

The mummified daughters of pharaohs who lived thousands of years ago have bone changes that suggest they fought with bows and daggers

Nearly 4,000-year-old skeletal remains show that several royal women repeatedly used their upper-body muscles. Researchers link those changes to archery and weapon training, but outside experts urge caution.

A new particle detector called PLATON could replace millions of tiny detector components with a single block of light-producing material. Using a light-field camera, highly sensitive photon sensors, and AI, it reconstruc...

A drug originally developed for spinal cord injury may offer a fresh approach to treating Alzheimers disease. In mouse studies, KCL-286 repaired dangerous DNA damage, reduced inflammation, and targeted multiple disease-r...