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Most hospital patients don't brush their teeth regularly, but doing so could cut their risk of developing pneumonia during their stay

Scientists at UC Riverside have found a clever new way to outsmart termites-by turning their own instincts against them. Using a natural pine scent called pinene, which smells like food to termites, researchers can lure ...

A unique hybrid honeybee thriving in Southern California may hold a powerful clue to saving struggling bee populations. While U.S. beekeepers are losing massive numbers of colonies-largely due to destructive Varroa mites...

Researchers identified a "purse-string" mechanism powered by actin and molecular motors that physically pulls the neural tube closed during early development.

A new study identifies a specific serotonin circuit that triggers the auditory system, explaining why SSRIs can worsen tinnitus and offering a new target for treatment.

A 19-year study finds that frequent, long, and morning naps in older adults are associated with higher mortality, acting as a warning sign for underlying disease.

Distributed fiber-optic sensors are widely used to monitor temperature and strain in infrastructure, but their spatial resolution has long been limited. In a new study, researchers from Shibaura Institute of Technology a...

New artificial neurons fire so realistically they can activate living brain cells in mouse tissue. The post Printed Neurons That Mimic Brain Cells Could Slash AIs Energy Bill appeared first on SingularityHub.

Filtering a protein that may cause sepsis out from the blood has shown promising signs for improving survival

A new study reveals that women with three or more live births have a reduced risk of stroke and covert vascular brain damage.

Today, I want to walk you through a deceptively simple innovation from the lab at Loughborough University (PI: Prof Marco Peccianti): what happens when we decorate a spintronic heterostructure with a sparse layer of plas...

A 20-year study reveals that astronauts' brains retain a "memory" of Earth's gravity, causing them to over-grip objects in space to prevent drops that aren't possible.

A Phase II trial finds that walking and resistance exercise, along with low-dose ibuprofen, can protect cancer patients from "chemo brain" during treatment.

A new theoretical study finds shorter laser pulses achieve higher quantum efficiency for photoemission from a solid surface without increasing power or intensity. Using light to knock electrons loose from a surface-known...

A joint theoretical study by the University of Innsbruck and Zhejiang University has uncovered the microscopic origin of a striking quantum phenomenon: a periodically driven gas of ultracold atoms that simply refuses to ...

A dark patch in Mars' Utopia Planitia region has grown significantly since it was first photographed in 1976. Scientists have a loose understanding of what it is, but they can't properly explain its gradual growt...

A team of international researchers, including an Aston University researcher, has cracked the code on how "breather" laser pulses work, creating a single mathematical model that explains two completely different...

Neuroscientists have identified the specific bacterial sugars that trigger neurons in the gut to communicate with the brain, providing a mechanical explanation for the gut-brain axis.

An international research team of the A1 Collaboration at the Mainz Microtron (MAMI) of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has succeeded in determining the binding energy of the hypertriton with unprecedented prec...

Superconducting qubits-bits of quantum information-have been widely considered a promising technology for moving quantum computing forward. But there's still much work to be done before they can be brought out of a n...

A major study identifies 176 gut microbe species that signal Parkinsons risk years before symptoms, suggesting that gut health is a key early warning system for the disease.

A traditional vaccine primes the immune system to build better defences. Researchers think we can do something similar to increase our resilience to the pressures and worries of life