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June 18, 2026

Artificial brains may need sleep too

States that resemble sleep-like cycles quell the instability that comes with uninterrupted self-learning in artificial analogs of brainsCredit: Los Alamos...

New research shows how complex chemistry may be relevant to origins of life on Earth

A popular model suggests life on Earth began with RNA. A recent study reveals how RNA precursors can arise from...

Engaging in family meals starts with healthy family communication

Patients in weight management or weight loss programs were more likely to eat family meals together when they had good...

Climate change has degraded productivity of shelf sea food webs

Credit: Claire Widdicombe A shortage of summer nutrients as a result of our changing climate has contributed to a 50%...

Great white shark diet surprises scientists

June 7, 2020

Understanding how sharks feed is vital for managing human interactionsCredit: Richard Grainger/University of Sydney The first-ever detailed study of the...

New discovery advances optical microscopy

Enables researchers to directly visualize unlabeled objects that have deep sub-wavelength separationsCredit: Lynford Goddard, Grainger Engineering URBANA, Ill. - New...

Eclipse data illuminate mysteries of Sun’s corona

Credit: Solar Wind Sherpas Researchers at the University of Hawai?i Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have been hard at work studying...

NASA analyzes Cristobal, the big rainmaker

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite gathered infrared imagery and cloud top temperature data on Tropical Depression Cristobal, and it...

Cord blood for stem cell transplant may outperform matched sibling donor

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center When a cancer patient needs a bone marrow transplant, there are four common donor...

UTHSC researchers awarded $1.7 million for opioid addiction studies

Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (June 5, 2020) - A team of University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) researchers in...

May 2020: Job numbers up for Americans with disabilities as COVID restrictions ease

Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire May 2020 nTIDE report -- featuring the New Jersey-based GI Go Fund's programs...

DNA increases our understanding of contact between Stone Age cultures

Credit: Göran Burenhult What kind of interactions did the various Stone Age cultures have with one another? In a new...

A newly discovered disease may lead to better treatment of cystic fibrosis

Better understand cystic fibrosis / Study in 'Journal of Medical Genetics'Credit: J. Park et al. 2020/ Journal of Medical Genetics...

Creating hairy human skin: Not as easy as you think

New culture technique opens the door for new treatment for wound and burn treatments, testing drugs and cosmetics; the technique...

With $16.5 million in NIH funding, MUSC opens two new digestive disease research centers

The recent openings of two centers have put the Medical University of South Carolina on the map as a leading...

Air conditioner bumps the electric bill by 42%, increasing the risk of energy poverty

Credit: Gaia Squarci A new study published in Economic Modelling by researchers at Ca' Foscari University and CMCC shows that...

University of Toronto team awarded CIHR grant to study impact of cannabis use on Indigenous oral health

Clinical research and Indigenous knowledge models will help team gather first evidence of effects of cannabis on Indigenous peoples of...

New technique for engineering living materials and patterns

Credit: University of Warwick Engineered living materials (ELMs) is a new class of materials that exploit the properties of living...

UTEP researchers help bring biofriendly materials to drug design for neuro disorders

Credit: Mahesh Narayan EL PASO, Texas - The contributions of researchers from The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)...

Youth-inspired program increases bike helmet use by urban children