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Long before plants and animals inhabited the earth, when life consisted of single-celled organisms afloat in a planet-wide sea, bacteria invaded these organisms and took up permanent residence. One...
Researchers at the University of Sydney and Dartmouth College have developed a new way to design quantum memory, bringing quantum computers a step closer to reality.
The results will appear June 19...
Curtin University researchers have identified what could be an additional 280 craters on the Moon, using a combination of gravity and terrain modelling.
Professor Will Featherstone, Dr Christian...
New research from the University of Adelaide shows that weight gain and increased head size in the first month of a baby's life is linked to a higher IQ at early school age.
The study was led by...
Low testosterone worsens the harmful effects of obesity in the nervous system, a new study in mice finds.
The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San...
Scientists at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine have discovered a mechanism that is used to protect the body from harmful bacteria. Platelets, a component of blood typically associated...
Has life ever existed on Mars? Or anywhere beyond Earth?
Answering that question is one of the most profound scientific inquiries of our time.
Europe and Russia have teamed up for a bold venture...
I am a hardline materialist. I think the material world is all that there is and I have no reason to believe in the existence ofany nonmaterial entities. I did not start out with this view as an a...
Senior Brandeis research scientist Daniel Perlman has discovered a way to make phytosterol molecules from plants dispersible in beverages and foods that are consumed by humans, potentially opening...
Anyone who has ever owned a pet will tell you that it has a unique personality.
Yet only in the last 10 years has the study of animal personality started to gain ground with behavioral ecologists,...
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