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Scientists are developing a microneedle patch that they hope could someday simplify IVF hormone delivery. They've tested it in animals.

A sweeping scientific review highlights wild blueberries as a standout food for cardiometabolic health. The strongest evidence shows improvements in blood vessel function, with encouraging signs for blood pressure, chole...

A common parasite long thought to lie dormant is actually much more active and complex. Researchers found that Toxoplasma gondii cysts contain multiple parasite subtypes, not just one sleeping form. Some are primed to re...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists now says humanity is a metaphorical 85 seconds to global disaster.

The six-year Dark Energy Survey has released its full results, showing that two leading models of cosmology are equally valid - but both fail to explain one key observation.

The amount of rainfall in the southern Amazon basin has declined by 8 to 11 per cent since 1980, largely due to the impact of deforestation

The measles vaccine has prevented 60 million deaths since 2000. So why are so many children around the world missing out on it?

EMO the robot learned how its silicone lips would move in response to its 26 facial motors by staring at its reflection.

University of Liverpool researchers have discovered a way to host some of the most significant properties of graphene in a three-dimensional (3D) material, potentially removing the hurdles for these properties to be used...

Chemist Omar Yaghi invented materials called MOFs, a few grams of which have the surface area of a football field. He explains why he thinks these super-sponges will define the next century

Archaeologists have found the oldest known evidence of hafted tools in East Asia, and they challenge a previously held assumption about stone tool use.

Quantum computing represents a potential breakthrough technology that could far surpass the technical limitations of modern-day computing systems for some tasks. However, putting together practical, large-scale quantum c...

Researchers have developed a new strategy to overcome a long-standing limitation in plasmonic loss by reshaping light-matter interactions through substrate engineering.

A 2020 astronaut photo shows the oasis town of Jubbah lurking within a paleolake in the wind shadow of Saudi Arabia's "two camel-hump mountain."

Sharktober is real in Hawaii - and it's down to the reproductive pattern of predatory tiger sharks, an analysis of 30 years of data reveals.

The achievements of AI-augmented science are mixed, but that doesn't mean the technology can't play a role in future endeavors.

Researchers have discovered a biological switch that explains why movement keeps bones strong. The protein senses physical activity and pushes bone marrow stem cells to build bone instead of storing fat, slowing age-rela...

Solar cells face significant challenges when deployed in outer space, where extremes in the environment decrease the efficiency and longevity they enjoy back on Earth. University of Toledo physicists are taking on these ...

Asthma may not be driven by the molecules scientists have blamed for decades. Researchers have identified pseudo leukotrienes, inflammation-triggering compounds formed by uncontrolled free-radical reactions rather than n...

A long-term study found that while a ketogenic diet prevented weight gain, it also triggered major metabolic problems. Mice developed fatty liver disease, abnormal blood fats, and an impaired ability to control blood sug...

Findings could create new opportunities to treat and study neurodegenerative diseasesScientists discovered that sugar metabolism plays a surprising role in whether injured neurons collapse or cling to life. By activating...

An evolution-inspired framework for how quantum fuzziness gives rise to our classical world shows that even imperfect observers can eventually agree on an objective reality