Exoplanet axis study boosts hopes of complex life, just not next door
Credit: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope "They're out there," goes a saying about extraterrestrials. It would seem more likely to be true in light of a...
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Scientists develop a new method to detect light in the brain
Researchers from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, University of Salento, and Harvard Medical School have developed a new light-based method to capture and pinpoint the epicenter...
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 by significantly altering the brain's...
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 flustering game opponents, and now...
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 has been interest in cannabis...
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 brains form mental "maps" of...
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 in Hillerød, Denmark, with the...
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 of heavy rainfall. On Nov....
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, 000 deaths in the United...
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 and is the main cause...
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 contributions, successfully demonstrated technologies needed...
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 of Minnesota research. Published in...
‘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 courtesy Yu Lab, Indiana University...
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 of the lower jaw, this...
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 producing the current in plasma...
