Science

Lighting up the brain: What happens when our ‘serotonin center’ is triggered?

Using mice, scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and their collaborators from Keio University School of…

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Researchers discover ‘trojan horse’ virus hiding in human parasite

An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found a new RNA virus that they believe…

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Researchers identify a genetic cause of intellectual disability affecting tens of thousands

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and others have identified a neurodevelopmental disorder, caused by mutations…

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Children’s visual experience may hold key to better computer vision training

A novel, human-inspired approach to training artificial intelligence (AI) systems to identify objects and navigate their surroundings could set the…

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Antibodies may aid effort to fight influenza B

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have isolated human monoclonal antibodies against influenza B, a significant public health threat that…

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Martian meteorites deliver a trove of information on Red Planet’s structure

Mars has a distinct structure in its mantle and crust with discernible reservoirs, and this is known thanks to meteorites…

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A greener, more effective way to kill termites

UC Riverside scientists have discovered a highly effective, nontoxic, and less expensive way to lure hungry termites to their doom.…

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Medium and mighty: Intermediate-mass black holes can survive in globular clusters

Joint research led by Michiko Fujii of the University of Tokyo demonstrated a possible formation mechanism of intermediate-mass black holes…

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‘Ugly’ fossil places extinct saber-toothed cat on Texas coast

Important scientific finds don't always come in the biggest, buzziest packages. Sometimes new discoveries come in little ugly rocks. Such…

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope finds most distant known galaxy

Over the last two years, scientists have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (also called Webb or JWST) to explore…

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