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Changes in brain activity patterns in the cerebral neural network could be used as a biomarker for degenerative conditions including Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

When you look at icicles carefully, you may notice that they show a characteristic pattern of ripples – always around one centimeter wide – but why? Scientists discovered that salt plays an important part in the phenomenon.

According to research, the order and timing of movements in complex sequences are separated by the brain, before being zipped and transferred into specific movement commands as the person begins the action.

New research has uncovered how cancer-causing viruses hijack a human protein to help the viruses evade the immune system to spread undeterred.

A new type of antibiotic that can be rapidly re-engineered to avoid resistance has been developed by researchers.

Less than 15% of the 92 million tons of clothing and other textiles discarded annually are recycled—in part because they are so difficult to sort. Woven-in labels made with inexpensive photonic fibers could change that.

Researchers have discovered that sets of proteins in the brain undergo experience-dependent changes while forming short- and long-term memories.

Flushing a toilet sprays out tiny droplets of water, urine and feces into the air containing thousands of virus particles, but urine-diverting toilets can reduce a person’s exposure compared to traditional systems.

Scientists from 10 countries have collaborated on a position paper that highlights the devasting consequences nuclear radiation would have on the environment and ecosystems.

Newly developed recommendations for quantitative viral DNA measurements could be crucial for the evaluation of therapeutic strategies for hepatitis B.