Pairs of friends were given the illusion of switching bodies as part of a new study and when individuals' personalities synced with their friend's, researchers concluded that beliefs about our personalities are flexible and perceptions of our physical and mental selves help encode our memories.
A study looking at the safety and performance of a new pulmonary valved conduit provided "encouraging clinical results."
As the year winds down, so does government funding, as a budget is on the table with an omnibus funding package with 12 appropriation bills that include funding that directly impacts the science community.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently said that 489 of its members were named fellows.
Rainbows are created when light enters a water droplet, causing the light to diffract into many colors.
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has established plans for a new journal titled Microbiology Spectrum, set to launch in spring of 2021.
On his program “Science Live," inventor Roger Billings recently unveiled a plan for a new type of hydrogen car.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has revealed the list of 2020 winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics, with research focusing on black holes.
The White House Office of Science and Technology recently released a report on the science and technology achievements overseen by the administration of President Donald Trump.
Women may have played a bigger role than previously thought in the hunting side of early societies on the American continents, based on findings from an archeological site in Peru.
This year ushers in the tenth year for Globus, a secure data and research sharing platform.
The chemicals being released into the oceans by microplastics – the incredibly small particles left behind as plastics break down – could be causing major changes in how mussels behave.
A small, dome-shaped 23-gram weight made of limestone, dating back to the 10th century BCE, was discovered in excavations near the Western Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, according to an Oct. 13 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release.
The United States could be in serious danger of losing its role as a world leader in technological innovation unless there is a significant reversal in current trends.
An international team of scientists sequenced 27 ancient dog genomes and found that all modern dogs share a common ancestry distinct from today's wolves.
Using “lab on a chip” technology, Stanford engineers have created a microlab half the size of a credit card that can detect COVID-19 in just 30 minutes.
Alleging a secretive, clandestine cabal has been conspiring to prevent politicians from taking decisive action to save the planet from impending doom, Brown University recently launched the Climate Social Science Network to track down and expose the conspiracy their scholars have theorized exists.
The staff and administration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently honored the scientific contributions of Angelika Amon, an MIT cell biologist who pioneered research on chromosome imbalance, after her passing at the age of 53.
An advanced fission plant concept design developed by a California-based company is the type of "microreactor" that could lead to replacing fossil fuels and huge nuclear power plants, an international power agency recently reported.
Researchers say they've figured out how the 'uncrushable' beetle withstands incredibly high pressure