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A proposal to cover Arctic sea ice with layers of tiny hollow glass spheres the thickness of a human hair would actually accelerate sea-ice loss and warm the climate rather than creating thick ice and lowering the temperature as proponents claim.

Researchers have published a study that shows that the phenomenology of "mind blanking" challenges the belief that the human mind is always thinking.

Scientists have discovered a novel, noninvasive method to predict and reduce the relapse of childhood cancers.

A messenger RNA that can either be used to produce protein or make a noncoding telomerase RNA has been discovered for the first time.

Researchers shed light on how an optimal intake of electrophilic compounds like procyanidins, found in foods like chocolate and apples, is linked to hormesis of hemodynamic and metabolic responses.

According to research, 3D printed flavor-based cues related to a memory allowed people to "time travel” back to the past with an enhanced memory of the event.

In the brain of adult mammals neural stem cells ensure that new nerve cells, i.e. neurons, are constantly formed. Researchers recently discovered a second stem cell population in the mouse brain. This new type of stem cell, and not the one previously known, is primarily involved in the production of new neurons in the olfactory bulb of adult mice.

Researchers investigating why weighted blankets may ease insomnia have identified that using a weighted blanket boosts the levels of melatonin, the hormone that increases in response to darkness.

Studies analyzing ship emissions indicate that air pollution has a larger effect on climate than previously thought.

Researchers have identified species- and tissue-specific processes that are key for immunological defense against influenza A, which could help to develop effective therapies.