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A major analysis of 139 clinical trials involving nearly 10,000 people suggests that some of the simplest treatments may work best for knee osteoarthritis. Knee braces ranked highest overall for reducing pain, stiffness,...

A newly discovered communication system in the microscopic antennae of cells may help explain how some congenital heart defects develop. When genetic mutations disrupt this system, the effects may extend beyond the heart...

Fewer people are reading for pleasure, but getting lost in a good book has repeatedly been linked to substantial cognitive benefits

More than 60 years after surveys suggested a deep coral reef off Benin was probably dead, scientists have found it alive. Cameras revealed healthy-looking coral patches supporting multiple fish species more than 50 meter...

An enormous volcanic eruption buried a snapshot of the baby Andes mountains, revealing a slow-and-steady growth rate.

A new 3D map of the Los Angeles basin reveals deep sediments that could intensify shaking in an earthquake.

How can we predict the way a real material, such as a polymer, responds mechanically over timescales ranging from the ultrafast motion of atoms to the slow deformations measured in a laboratory? This is a deceptively dif...

Previous brain implants have enabled people with paralysis to either speak or move, but a new, larger one enabled them to do both simultaneously via an avatar

Ukraine is racing to design faster, more capable interceptor drones to tackle Russia's new generation of jet-powered Shahed attack drones

Reducing fishing quotas, rescuing endangered species from the water and testing geoengineering could help soften ocean heat impacts from the record El Niño, some oceanographers argue

AI experts put the chance of models rising up and killing us all at greater than 10 per cent - but are the risks real? And can anything be done if they are?

The atlas could help scientists decipher how genetic variation shapes health and disease. The post Googles Genome Atlas Predicts the Effect of Every Possible DNA Mutation appeared first on SingularityHub.

Incumbents are racing to add AI to their organizations. The bigger challenge is competing with businesses designed around AI from day one. The post The Real AI Disruption Isnt the Technology. Its the Company. appeared fi...

Extremely short, intense light flashes are in high demand to investigate atoms, molecules and new materials. Free-electron lasers (FELs) produce these flashes. But around the world, beam time available at large-scale use...

The vast majority of modern quantum technologies-from quantum cryptography to the quantum internet to the quantum computer-rely on one essential element: the transmission of photons. Two qubits (two atoms, for example) e...

Cancer rates are rising in adults under 55, and new research suggests accelerated biological aging may be one piece of the puzzle. Scientists found that people from more recent generations tended to have bodies that appe...

Scientists have discovered that the brains short-range wiring may help protect cognition even as gray matter shrinks with age. Healthier connections just beneath the brains surface were linked to better language skills a...

A foundational chemistry concept found in textbooks for almost 100 years may have been taught incorrectly. Researchers say the inductive effect in neutral molecules appears to extend only across one chemical bond, rather...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have helped confirm that one of the strangest phenomena in physics-quantum entanglement-occurs even among some of the heaviest and most fleeting particles ever created. The discover...

A striking depiction of an African king wearing coral necklaces and braids is one of the thousands of Benin Bronzes that the British looted from Nigeria in 1897.

A wearable device has revealed nighttime hormone surges that may expose a frequently missed cause of high blood pressure. The discovery could help explain why primary aldosteronism often escapes standard blood tests and ...

Captive-raised saltwater crocodiles released into Bangladeshs Sundarbans surprised scientists by settling into the wild rather than trying to return to their breeding facility. The result suggests that releasing larger, ...