New observations have revealed early signs of UV light illuminating the cosmos more than 13 billion years ago.

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New structural markers of memory storage uncovered by Scripps Research may pave the way for new treatments for memory loss.

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the building blocks of life.

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However, there are mixed feelings of enthusiasm and apprehension among researchers about efforts to develop tests that measure the impact of ageing on the body, as they are often interpreted and ...

Scientists at Auburn University have uncovered a fundamental principle of how brain cells stay connected, and their discovery ...

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Scientists at Pennington Biomedical Research Center have gained greater clarity in the brain regions and neurons that control ...

To get around the constraints of quantum physics, researchers have built a new acoustic system to study the way the minuscule atoms of condensed matter talk together. They hope to one day build an ...

“X-ray beams are used everywhere, but since the discovery of X-rays in 1895, scientists have not been able to use them to ...