NIH-funded study suggests specific combination of proteins determines neuron type.
Renowned physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the Higgs boson, once remarked that he could not get a job in modern academia because he wouldn’t be considered productive enough. After all, it took 48 years for the existence of the Higgs boson to be accepted by the scientific community.
A new study published in Plos Genetics suggests that DNA sequence analyses of Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes show an interbreeding event that happened 200-300kya and open up insights into the ancestors of modern humans.
A new method being pioneered by nuclear physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory and an international team promises to help scientists studying the origin of particles found on meteorites to determine whether they came from novas or supernovas.
After a decade of trying to hit a moving target 240,000 miles away and the size of a small book with a laser, NASA and French scientists recently made a shot that promises to help them understand everything from the composition of the moon to the evolution of the solar system.
By using patient discharge data, National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded researchers created a new system for classifying life-threatening complications associated with childbirth in hopes other researches can use what's learned to reduce rising levels of maternal morbidity.
Oceans absorb much of the carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, but that may cause fish to be smaller in the future, researchers from the University of Connecticut and other institutions discovered.
UMass researchers use Cyro-EM microscopy to understand ribosome’s two stages of protein synthesis
Artificial molecules could one day form the information unit of a new type of computer or be the basis for programmable substances.
Mental stress and anger may have clinical implications for patients with heart failure according to a new report published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure.
A study published in the journal PLOS One describes how researchers in Australia discovered the country’s first underwater archaeological sites, which included more than 260 "lithic artefacts" found 2.4 meters below sea level at Cape Bruguieres, as well as a submerged freshwater spring 14 meters down at Flying Foam Passage.
A new study by Boston University’s School of Public Health (BUSPH) indicates that nearly half (48 percent) of adolescents ages 12-18 have been stalked or harassed during a relationship, and 42 percent have done the stalking or harassing.
University of California, Riverside researchers have discovered that, during photosynthesis, plants can protect themselves from solar surges and achieve near quantum efficiency when converting light into energy by absorbing specific colors of light.
A report on Neanderthals in Current Biology found that some present-day humans carry a variant of the Neanderthal sodium channel, causing them to have increased pain sensitivity.
Face masks are a hot topic lately, with the Centers for Disease Control recommending that people wear face masks when outside their homes and when unable to keep a minimum of 6 feet distance between themselves and others to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Organisms will cooperate to be more "fit" and stand a better chance of surviving, researchers in Germany said in a study released earlier this month.
One of the authors of a recent article offering a new perspective on Heisenberg's uncertainty principle said he hopes his colleagues will be cautious about how they approach this realm of quantum mechanics.
Cambridge University researchers used a special fluorescent marker to note the location of certain positions of DNA and RNA and found the positions fluctuate between two states, according to a recently released article.
A recently published study may have uncovered how dogs, famous for their sense of smell and direction, can find their way home over many miles.
Underwater photographers have noticed for years that dark-colored fish in deep seas are difficult to photograph but a research report published last month provides a better idea of how many of these fish are camouflaged in the deeper regions.