By using optogenetics to trigger REM sleep in mice, a team of researchers from MIT…
New research from Yale University shows that the effect of genes may depend on the…
A newly published study from NASA scientists shows that tropical forests, like the one pictured…
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A newly published study from Yale University reveals that metformin (the most popular treatment for…
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A new prototype system from MIT stores data from your digital devices in a single…
This ESO image shows star cluster Messier 47, which is located roughly 1,600 light-years from…
A newly published study details how a new MRI probe that pairs a magnetic nanostructure…
New research on a Martian rock reveals a record of the planet’s climate billions of…
A newly published study from Brown University shows that blocking a specific protein called “chitinase…
New genomics research from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory suggests vocalizing birds could…
This newly released NASA image shows an area on the surface of Mars (approximately 1.5…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have completed a study of active star-forming galaxies,…