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Last summer, Northwestern University researchers introduced the first-ever transient pacemaker — a fully implantable, wireless device that harmlessly dissolves in the body...

Between November 2020 and May 2021, adherence to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions decreased in Italy, with the fastest decreases taking place...

So far, we haven't discovered any exoplanets with co-orbital objects. A new study suggests tides could be causing oscillations that...

A recently developed catalyst for breaking down plastics continues to advance plastic upcycling processes. In 2020, a team of researchers...

Implementing large-scale linear transformations or matrix computations plays a pivotal role in modern information processing systems. Digital computer systems need...

NEWPORT NEWS – Two graduate students at Virginia universities who plan to conduct research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s...

Prolonged levels of stress and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to altering key features of fetal brain development —...

Even the smallest marine invertebrates—some barely larger than single-celled protists—are home to distinct and diverse microbial communities, or microbiomes, according...

HOUSTON – (May 26, 2022) – The part of an old car that gets turned into graphene could come back...

A therapeutic method for harnessing the body’s immune system to protect against brain damage is published today by researchers from...

Aggrecan, a major component of proteoglycan (PG) having chondroitin sulfate (CS) in cartilaginous tissues, has become increasingly popular as an...

Every second, an older person in the United States falls and injures themselves, and every 20 minutes one of them...

The 2004 Sumatra earthquake generated one of the most destructive tsunamis ever recorded, with 100-foot waves that killed nearly 230,000...

Lan Yang, at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected to receive the...

Today, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) launched a roughly $1.5 billion program to help build a scientific workforce that...

Eliminating your favorite treats could make your brain want them even more, according to a Virginia Tech scientist.Credit: Clayton Metz/Virginia...

Testicles of most mammals are cooled in the scrota, and elevated testicular temperatures lead to spermatogenesis failure and male infertility....

For the first time since its discovery 130 years ago one of the most mysterious fossil vertebrates has finally been...

CHAPEL HILL, NC – For the first time, scientists have found that brain differences in the visual brain systems of...

Obesity, an increasingly prevalent lifestyle disease, often occurs along with poor muscle mass. This condition, called sarcopenic obesity, is evaluated...