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For the first time, researchers have shown that the luminescence of quartz after a wildfire can act as a fingerprint for fire exposure.

There is evidence that some form of conscious experience is present by birth, and perhaps even in late pregnancy, an international team of researchers from Trinity College Dublin and colleagues in Australia, Germany and the USA has found.

A systematic review shows that malaria parasite prevalence is highest in migrants from the Sub-Saharan region, particularly migrants from Central Africa.

Using a combination of genomic and proteomic approaches, researchers have identified potential therapeutic targets for endometrial cancer.

Researchers are investigating a car fuel comprised of a liquid that is converted to hydrogen by a solid catalyst. The used liquid is then emptied from the tank and charged with hydrogen.

Lithium–sulfur batteries can store three times more energy than lithium-ion batteries. Metal nanoclusters could stabilize them and make them a reality.

Relief could be on the way for people with painful hand osteoarthritis after a Monash University and Alfred Health-led study found an affordable existing drug can help. Until now there has been no effective treatment.

The humble fruit fly is one of the most thoroughly studied animals on the planet and new insights continue to be revealed about the fly’s evolution thanks to centuries-old DNA.

Researchers have developed a "clock" that accurately measures biological aging in healthy and diseased tissue. They used the clock to better understand the impact of different treatment options for kidney disease.

A research consortium has published a flurry of papers detailing a “major step forward” in our knowledge of the human brain. The project includes a draft genomic atlas of the brain that authors say could boost neuroscience much as the human genome project advanced genomics.