Ayahuasca compound changes brainwaves to vivid ‘waking-dream’ state
Credit: Imperial College London, Chris Timmermann Scientists have peered inside the brain to show how taking DMT affects human consciousness ...
Trash talk hurts, even when it comes from a robot
Discouraging words from machines impair human game playCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--Trash talking has a long and colorful history of ...
Cannabis found not to be a substitute for opioids
No evidence to suggest cannabis helps patients stop using opioidsCredit: McMaster University (2018) HAMILTON, ON (Nov. 19, 2019) - There ...
Virtual ‘moonwalk’ for science reveals distortions in spatial memory
Credit: MPI CBS In order to remember where important events happened, or how to get from A to B, our ...
UMass Amherst food scientist receives Nils Foss award in Denmark
Distinguished professor globally respected for groundbreaking researchCredit: FOSS University of Massachusetts Amherst Distinguished Professor David Julian McClements was honored Monday ...
NASA finds light rain in fading tropical depression fengshen
Credit: Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL A NASA analysis of rainfall rates shows that the once mighty Fengshen is now a depression devoid ...
Researchers create swarms of tiny robots to attack and remove blood clots
Work could offer a drug-free way to treat pulmonary embolismCredit: University of Houston Pulmonary embolism causes between 200,000 and 300, ...
Potato virus Y is the most serious threat to potato — some strains more than others
Credit: Alexander Karasev Potato virus Y (PVY) is the most serious problem facing the potato industry in the United States ...
How LISA pathfinder detected dozens of ‘comet crumbs’
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by ESA (the European Space Agency) that included NASA ...
A century later, plant biodiversity struggles in wake of agricultural abandonment
Credit: Credit: Forest Isbell. Decades after farmland was abandoned, plant biodiversity and productivity struggle to recover, according to new University ...
‘Dual login’ mechanism found to resist fungal infection in cells
Indiana University-led research has revealed how two specific immune receptors coordinate to trigger a powerful response against fungal invadersCredit: Image ...
New finding on origin of avian predentary in Mesozoic birds
Credit: IVPP The predentary bone is one of the most enigmatic skeletal elements in avian evolution. Located at the tip ...
Blowing bubbles: PPPL scientist confirms way to launch current in fusion plasmas
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications An obstacle to generating fusion reactions inside facilities called tokamaks is that ...
NASA finds heavy rain potential in typhoon Kalmaegi
Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson NASA analyzed the cloud top temperatures in Typhoon Kalmaegi using infrared light to determine the ...
Study measures impact of agriculture on diet of wild mammals
In an article published in PNAS, Brazilian researchers stress the need for agricultural management that favors the maintenance of wildlifeCredit: ...
Google’s new system captures character lighting for virtually any environment
Lighting is everythingCredit: SIGGRAPH Asia Even novice photographers and videographers who rely on their handheld devices to snap photos or ...
Quantum light improves sensitivity of biological measurements
New approach combines quantum physics and biology to improve enzyme activity measurementsCredit: Simonetta Pieroni WASHINGTON -- In a new study, ...
Mantis shrimp vs. disco clams: Colorful sea creatures do more than dazzle
Credit: Lindsey Dougherty When Lindsey Dougherty was an undergraduate student at CU Boulder in 2011, she got the chance to ...
Living bridges
How traditional Indian building techniques can make modern cities more climate-friendlyCredit: Ferdinand Ludwig Inaccessible valleys and ravines lead from the ...
Fertilization discovery could lead to new male contraceptive, help infertile couples
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications An unexpected discovery about fertilization from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals ...
