Year: 2019

An international study shows that 30% of the energy in a certain type of light-absorbing…

Scientists have revealed how common respiratory bugs that cause serious infections in people with cystic…

White noise is not the same as other noise — and even a quiet environment…

Researchers used computer-based simulations to analyze how atoms and molecules move in a solution and…

With the demonstration of a sub-picosecond thin-disk laser oscillator delivering a record-high 350-W average output…

Reproducibility is a major challenge in experimental biology. New research identifies a frequent technical bias…

The generation of species-specific singing in songbirds is associated with species-specific patterns of gene activity…

New research reveals that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as a coating can both repel and hold…

Researchers have developed a way to perform optical coherence tomography (OCT) in hard-to-reach areas of…

Researchers have conducted a study to see if virtual reality can be used as an…

For the first time, researchers show that deep learning algorithms perform similar to human experts…

Researchers uncover mechanisms in zebrafish heart regeneration that could lead to better treatments for babies…

To facilitate the scientific community’s ability to use L. crescens in citrus greening research, scientists…

If you have trouble sleeping, you’re not alone. New research finds more Americans have trouble…

Pneumonia, an entirely preventable disease, kills more children than any other illness in the world, one child every 39…

General practice hit the headlines this week when the Conservatives promised to deliver 6000 more…

For the first time in the history of space exploration, scientists have measured the seasonal…

Researchers are pioneering an innovative brain study that sheds light on how the amygdala portion…

Deaths from severe bleeding after major trauma have been reduced by 40% over the last…

The oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing twice as fast as ice in…

Where to drill? This is the basic question in the exploration of underground energy resources,…

Food we are familiar with tastes the best, but if we know where the food…

Researchers discovered that a protein called CoRest, a neural repressor that is also found in…

In order to optimally treat motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), it is…

Scientists have identified Cav2.3 as a new target for a promising specific therapy. Read Original…

One million species are threatened with extinction, many of them already in the coming decades….

A superconducting rotor has been successfully tested on an active wind turbine for the first…

Physicists are working to produce engineered magnetic nanostructures and to tailor material properties at the…

Videogamers competing in major esports tournaments are under as much pressure and stress as professional…

Using orbital instruments to peer into Jezero crater, the landing site for NASA’s Mars 2020…

Astronomers have spotted an ultrafast star, traveling at a blistering 6 million km/h, that was…

A cache of 118 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur and bird feathers has been recovered from an…

In the last interglacial period on Earth about 125,000 years ago, the Indian monsoon was…

New research has explored the growing uncertainty faced by children aged 0-8 years in disaster…

As bacteria adapt to hotter temperatures, they speed up their respiration rate and release more…

A child’s temperament appears to be affected by the early stages of their life. Researchers…

The acidification of the Pacific Ocean in northern Japan is increasing the natural production rate…

A collaborative study shows sex-specific biases in disease-specific changes in brain cells, as well as…

An autoimmune attack on uninfected red blood cells likely contributes to anemia — a shortage…

A study suggests a new approach that might help treat Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative…

Experiments are casting a new light on Egyptian soil and ancient mummified bone samples that…

An Australian study revealing new spin textures in pyrite could unlock these materials’ potential in…

An international research effort has broken fresh ground in the race to find more effective…

Researchers have come up with a way to combine the anthrax toxin with a growth…

The first appearance of bright green leaves heralds the start of spring. But a new…

Some 250 doctors and 350 nurses at the New Karolinska Hospital (NKS) in Stockholm have…

New bio-inspired hydrogels can act like superglue in highly ionic environments such as seawater, overcoming…

The recent case of Radhakrishna Shanbhag, a senior trauma and orthopaedic surgeon who was asked…

New study finds that the amount of climate and health benefits achieved from renewable energy…

Using a special type of two-dimensional material, researchers have developed a new way to make…