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A newly published paper describes two ways of reversing autism-like symptoms in a new mouse…
Synthetic chemists have designed self-assembling polymers, which require heat in order to rearrange themselves. This…
A newly published study takes a closer look at WASP-12 b, a planet that is…
The EU is about to stop a precedent-setting initiative that was designed to tackle a…
Researchers suggest that a small dose of methamphetamine, i.e. crystal meth, could reduce the replication…
At the Supercomputing 2012 conference last week, IBM Research-Almaden presented its next milestone towards fulfilling…
The gigantic orange magnets at MIT were originally built decades ago to confine hydrogen nuclei…
A newly published study found that on average children exposed to high levels of nicotine…
A new study indicates that the benefits of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for patients with post-traumatic stress…
While Sherlock Holmes might have stated that the absence of any evidence is evidence itself,…
Using the Planck space telescope, scientists discovered a bridge of hot gas connecting galaxy clusters…
A new study indicates that nesting birds that feed on insects that hatch in lake…
Chimpanzees and orangutans experience a mid-life crisis just like humans, according to a survey of…
Scientists at Stanford University have developed a new algorithm, known as ReFIT, that vastly improves…
Olfactory white is to smells what white noise is to sounds. To noses, it’s neither…