Researchers followed 12,409 people who were free of dementia when the study began and had an average age of 56. They assessed ...

A fungus that can live unnoticed on human skin has become a serious threat in hospitals around the world. First identified in Japan in 2009, Candida auris can become deadly if it enters the ...

Astronomers studying one of the most magnetic objects in the universe have found some of the strongest evidence yet for a bizarre effect predicted by quantum physics nearly 90 years ago. The finding ...

Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Harvard, and Henan universities have developed a ‘double punch’ nanozyme platform intended to tackle both problems using the same smart ...

A tiny fossil overlooked for decades at La Brea Tar Pits has turned out to belong to a species previously unknown to science.

A Neanderthal-derived growth hormone receptor still carried by some people today appears to amplify growth-related signals in cells.

The researchers made the measurement at the Chooz nuclear power plant in northern France. About 400 meters from its two reactor cores, the Double Chooz detector sits underground and contains more than ...

Europe is about to experience a total solar eclipse, and people around the world will be able to watch it live. The European ...

As part of work connected to Germany’s “National Water Strategy,” which aims to protect water resources and secure drinking ...

Researchers at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) have now identified a relatively simple way to recover much of that oil without ruining the rest of the material. The approach could help turn spent ...

A prescription THC drug made PTSD nightmares disappear for more than one-third of patients in a promising clinical trial.

Beneath the leaf litter of Madagascar’s forests, diamond frogs can remain hidden for most of their lives. An international research group has now described seven new species of these elusive ...