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Adelaide University quantum engineers have found a new way to improve some of the world's most sensitive sensors of electromagnetic fields, a breakthrough that could help advance brain imaging, medical diagnostics, c...

A new clinical trial suggests that a simple daily fiber supplement could significantly reduce knee osteoarthritis pain, improve muscle strength, and make the body less sensitive to pain. Researchers discovered that the b...

A major new study reveals that autistic childrens brains process faces differently, and those differences may begin earlier than scientists previously thought. Researchers found that brain signals associated with recogni...

Scientists at McGill University have discovered a surprising new ability of immune cells that could change how we understand long-term immunity. Researchers found that T cells can actually sense how stiff their surroundi...

By chilling roundworms, scientists traced a molecular pathway hinting at one way cold might extend lifespan. The post Study Could Help Explain Why Colder Body Temperature Extends Lifespan in Many Species appeared first o...

What causes the sudden transition between depression and mania in bipolar disorder? Researchers at USC, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins received a $4.5M BD grant to study "retrosplenial switch cells"-a unique neurona...

A new study revealed that people who rely on AI for basic tasks like math problems became less motivated over time. In response, Live Science polled its readers to see if they agree with these findings.

Why do some individuals struggle with genuine empathy? Brain scans show that people with high grandiose traits fail to synchronize their brain activity with others when watching someone lose face or experience social vul...

Hula hooping may be literal child's play, but as it turns out, the physics behind the gym-class staple is so complicated that scientists have spent decades trying to understand how the hula hoop defies gravity.

In nonreciprocal active matter, agents act differently on each other, seemingly in violation of Newton's third law. This principle can result in various active matter traits, such as self-propulsion, molecular regula...

The PBS Nature film "Tiger Island" captures rare glimpses of tiger behavior, including a mother, father and cubs spending time together - a first for these usually solitary cats.

Scientists sequenced the genome of a woman who lived 30,000 years ago and discovered that she had mixed Eastern and Western European ancestry.

Envision a material whose magnetic properties and electronic topology can be toggled by exposure to light, paving the way for future electronic devices that do not rely on traditional electrical switching, which wastes e...

Vagus nerve stimulation is a proven treatment for depression, but it has historically required surgery. A comprehensive review in Med-X shows how wearable ear and neck bioelectronics are transforming non-invasive VNS int...

A proposed shift in recommendations for hepatitis B vaccination in the U.S. could leave millions of young adults unprotected, a new modeling study suggests.

Members of the same people who settled Easter Island also discovered Hawaii, a new study finds.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have observed a galaxy with a ring of newborn stars as it appeared 2.1 billion years after the Big Bang - hinting that the early universe may have been more chaotic than o...

From jays that seem to say "sorry" to insects that play, signs of emotional inner life across the animal kingdom are giving us new perspectives on what consciousness is, and how we might pin it down

An experimental medical device uses a tiny amount of electricity to spark a chemical reaction and remove extra sugar from the bloodstream.

A central tenet in computer science has apparently been disproven by OpenAI, a result that will force textbooks to be rewritten if it is confirmed

Neutrinos are among the most abundant particles in the universe, but they are also among the most elusive. Nearly massless, they are produced by nuclear reactions in the sun, exploding stars, particle accelerators and ev...

The high salt concentration in the Dead Sea drives the warming and shrinking of the lake, and something similar may have happened in the Mediterranean 5.5 million years ago