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Microplastics found inside human bonesMicroplastics and smaller nanoplastics — particles derived from fossil fuels and t...

Physicists at Loughborough University have fabricated what they call the "world's smallest violin" — a platinum microstr...

Musical practice, brain plasticity and painLearning an instrument produces measurable changes in the brain. Decades of r...

The search for high-value minerals in space has often focused on asteroids, but new research suggests the Moon itself ma...

Spaceflight vision risks and a new predictive toolSpace travel poses many physiological challenges, and the eyes are par...

The 2024 YR4 Moon Threat and Why It MattersAsteroid 2024 YR4 was initially flagged after discovery because early orbital...

How a cosmic "accident" exposed hidden silicon chemistryA faint, ancient brown dwarf nicknamed "The Accident" has delive...

Rising global electricity demand is intensifying the search for next-generation solar materials that are efficient, ligh...

How a small asteroid told its storyOn 13 February 2023, a small asteroid designated 2023 CX1 briefly lit the afternoon s...

SummaryA large randomized clinical trial and a targeted biomarker analysis suggest daily cocoa extract supplements rich ...

Background: from "junk" sequences to therapeutic targetsNearly half of the human genome is made up of repetitive sequenc...

Heat outweighs shaking in small-scale quakesLaboratory experiments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology show tha...

A new study reveals that cognitive ability, not just hearing, plays a key role in how well people process speech in nois...

Researchers reveal an alternative heat-producing system in brown fatResearchers at Washington University School of Medic...

Artemis II set to orbit the Moon in 2026NASA has confirmed that its next crewed mission to orbit the Moon, Artemis II, i...

exceptional lifespan and what it can teach usThere is no escape from aging, yet a small number of people — supercentenar...

Oral microbes may signal higher pancreatic cancer riskNew epidemiological evidence indicates that specific combinations ...

Mercury’s oversized core: a long-standing puzzleMercury presents one of the Solar System’s most persistent enigmas: a co...

End of an era: the plan to deorbit the ISSFor a continuous quarter century, humans have lived and worked aboard the Inte...

Nickel-rich inclusions trapped in superdeep diamondsDiamonds recovered from South Africa's Voorspoed mine contain nickel...