40,000 waves improve sand transport models

Over the past few years, Joep van der Zanden has created perfectly identical waves – 40,000…

Half of people believe fake facts, ‘remember’ events that never happened

Many people are prone to 'remembering' events that never happened, according to new research.

Bacterial L-forms: An independent form of life that can multiply indefinitely

Bacteria able to shed their cell wall assume new, mostly spherical shapes. Researchers have shown that…

Helping children achieve more in school

Researchers show that secondary school children with normal intellectual ability but poor grades are also less…

New material could lead to erasable and rewriteable optical chips

Engineers have developed a nanomaterial that could lead to optical chips and circuits. The researchers believe…

Raising the curtain on cerebral malaria’s deadly agents

Using state-of-the-art brain imaging technology, scientists filmed what happens in the brains of mice that developed…

Rhythm of breathing affects memory, fear

The rhythm of breathing creates electrical activity in the human brain that enhances emotional judgments and…

How our immune system targets TB

Researchers have seen, for the very first time, how the human immune system recognizes tuberculosis (TB).…

Radiation that knocks electrons out and down, one after another

Researchers are investigating novel ways by which electrons are knocked out of matter. Their research could…

MRI scans detect ‘brain rust’ in schizophrenia

A damaging chemical imbalance in the brain may contribute to schizophrenia, according to research.