Hollow atoms: The consequences of an underestimated effect

In a 'hollow atom', electrons occupy high-energy states far away from the nucleus, it can get…

New treatment option discovered for brain injury patients suffering from aggression

A drug originally developed in the 1960s as an antiviral medication is showing promise as a…

Half-a-billion-year-old fossils shed light animal evolution on Earth

Scientists have discovered traces of life more than half-a-billion years old that could change the way…

Biodiversity just as powerful as climate change for healthy ecosystems

Biodiversity is proving to be one of humanity's best defenses against extreme weather. In past experiments,…

Patients to benefit from new 3-D visualizations of the heart

In the future heart surgeons will have access to a new type of 3-D visualization of…

Biophysics study makes exciting advancements for the future of DNA sequencing

New technology that optimizes DNA sequencing using nanophysics and electric currents has been developed by scientists.…

Scientists list 50 terms you may be confusing

A list of commonly used psychological terms that are often assumed to be similar, if not…

Study clarifies how neural nets ‘think’ when processing language

A new general-purpose technique has been developed for making sense of neural networks that are trained…

Scientists construct first predictive model of inflammatory bowel disease

An in-depth, multi-omics approach to characterizing the immune component of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been…

Fathers can influence the sex of their offspring, scientists show

It has traditionally been thought that in mammals only mothers are able to influence the sex…