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In 1867, Lord Kelvin imagined atoms as knots in the aether. The idea was soon disproven. Atoms turned out to be something else entirely. But his discarded vision may yet hold the key to why the universe exists.

Texas A&M researchers found that in an aggressive kidney cancer, RNA builds droplet hubs that activate tumor genes. By creating a molecular switch to dissolve these hubs, they stopped cancer growth in lab and mouse tests...

Researchers have developed a DNA-based therapy that targets the PCSK9 gene to lower cholesterol naturally. Using polypurine hairpins, they increased cholesterol uptake by cells and reduced artery-clogging lipid levels. T...

Scientists have found that people with multiple sclerosis (MS) have a distinctly imbalanced oral microbiome-marked by a loss of beneficial bacteria and a rise in inflammation-linked microbes. Using advanced genetic and m...

A new computational tool developed by researchers has uncovered genetic evidence directly linking Alzheimers disease to the loss of memory-making neurons, helping to resolve a decades-long mystery in dementia research. T...

Future Chronicles is our regular speculative look at inventions yet to come. In this latest installment, we journey to 2050, when technology had been developed so that criminals could be monitored at home. It led to a dr...

The prevailing wisdom is that horror fans lack empathy and are addicted to adrenaline. My research shows otherwise, says Coltan Scrivner

In the run-up to this year's COP in Brazil, Madeleine Cuff explores The Climate Diplomat, a poignant account by the late Peter Betts, a negotiator who showed what diplomacy can achieve

There is nothing stopping the wealthiest people from attempting to alter the world's atmosphere - this must not be allowed to happen

Feedback delights in a 2018 paper that takes care to warn us it reveals nothing like super interesting, and embarks on a quest to find more examples of disarming honesty

When it comes to boosting mental health and even improving performance, team sports and group exercise come out on top, finds Grace Wade

The White House Effect is a distressing look back at how President George H. W. Bush came to abandon his climate ambitions. It is essential viewing and a glimpse at a world that could have been, says Bethan Ackerley

A mysterious glow at the center of the Milky Way has puzzled astronomers for more than a decade. New research offers an explanation that could also reshape what we know about dark matter.

Scientists studied ancient poop and found loads of intestinal diseases.

Skin irritation, such as through eczema, promotes hair growth in mice, which prompted scientists to create a treatment that works via similar pathways, with no discomfort required

There are hundreds of coherent theories attempting to explain the origins of experience. Robert Lawrence Kuhn explores what they reveal about free will, artificial intelligence and life after death

A new quantum computing protocol may be able to augment a standard technique for understanding molecules in chemistry, biomedicine and materials science

Classical swine fever reduces productivity and harms animal welfare, but pigs have now been genetically edited to make them completely resistant to the disease

Future smartphones and other devices could have colour e-paper displays, thanks to a new technique that lets such screens display video while minimising energy usage

Researchers have unveiled ice XXI, a new form of ice that's solid at room temperatures when subjected to immense pressure.

New research reveals that hunger can flip female mice from nurturing to aggressive-but only during specific hormonal phases. Scientists discovered that neurons controlling appetite (AgRP neurons) interact with a brain re...

You can't have gold until a nucleus decays. The specifics of that process have been hard to pin down, but UT's nuclear physicists have published three discoveries in one paper explaining key details. The results ...