In a recent study by a team of researchers at MIT, self driving cars are being programmed to identify the social personalities of other drivers in an effort to predict their future actions and drive safer on roads. It’s already been made evident that autonomous…

On the back of successful lab trials, Joshua Chou’s research team will undertake a research mission to the International Space Station. Their aim is to establish if their microgravity device can kill four of the most aggressive types of cancer – ovarian,…

A new project aims to make LibGen, which hosts 33 terabytes of scientific papers and books, much more stable. 作者：Matthew Gault 2019年12月2日 It’s hard to find free and open access to scientific material online. The latest studies and current research huddle…

This study demonstrates that a state-of-the-art neural network can provide automated scoring of motor deficits with an accuracy equivalent to that of human experts and has the potential teach us to develop more-sensitive behavioral tests.

For some, it is about bringing an end to debilitating pain or dark thoughts. For others, it is as simple as being liberated from the sinking realisation that you need a tampon – but you left them in your other handbag. When a new wave of feminist authors…

“Solid” study reveals a sophisticated ear in canines

Young children whose household received a housing voucher were admitted to the hospital fewer times and incurred lower hospital costs in the subsequent two decades than children whose households did n

Selection against bullies may have caused significant changes in the way our species looks

Reducing the frequency at which a patient must take a medication can improve patient adherence. Kirtane et al. developed an ingestible gastric resident dosage form that releases the contraceptive levonorgestrel. Levonorgestrel was detected in the serum of…

The disease killed more than 140,000 people worldwide in 2018, despite the availability of a vaccine.

HSV-2 infection increases susceptibility to HIV acquisition because both viruses increase the transmissibility of the other

Burnout syndrome can be seen among health professionals at every stage of their careers. The incidence of burnout syndrome among health care professionals has increased in recent years and varies between countries and depending on different areas of specialization…

Selection against bullies may have caused significant changes in the way our species looks

A new method developed by researchers suggests that measurements used by the FDA and other regulatory agencies underestimate BPA exposure by as much as 44 times.

Two pig-monkey chimeras were born in China but died within a week. This is the first time live pigs have been created that contain some primate cells

A highly effective HIV vaccine has been the goal of vaccinologists for nearly 35 years. A successful vaccine would need to induce broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) that are capable of neutralizing multiple HIV strains (see the Perspective by Agazio…

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Sleep disturbance and insufficiency are associated with physical and mental health problems in school-aged adolescent children. Early start times (bef…

宇宙间万事万物，都是有其寿命的，包括我们人类赖以生存的太阳。 根据科学家的计算，太阳最多大约还有50至60亿年的寿命。 而科学家最近所发现的一个天文现象，为他们提供了几十亿年后当我们的太阳“寿终正寝”后未来的一瞥。 白矮星 天文学家观察到一颗巨大的行星围绕一颗白矮星（white dwarf）在运行。 白矮星通常是恒星在耗尽了核燃料，它的核心就会坍缩成为致密的白矮星。白矮星是低质量恒星演化路线的终点。 恒星在经历红巨星阶段的末期，它的中心会因温度、压力不足以使碳氧元素进行核聚变，从而产生一个致密天体。大部…