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A new technique devised by MIT researchers can take data sets with huge numbers of variables and find approximations of them with far fewer...

Neptune-mass exoplanets like the one shown in this artist's rendering may be the most common in the icy regions of planetary systems. Beyond a...

This computer-simulated image shows a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy. The black region in the center represents the black hole's...

HIP68468, a twin star to the sun about 300 light-years away, may have swallowed one or more of its planets, based on lithium and...

Credit: Lawson Health Research Institute The Retinoblastoma protein (pRB) has long been studied for its role in cell growth and the prevention of cancer. In...

This image shows the discovery by researchers that induction of partial cellular reprogramming improved muscle regeneration in aged mice. (Left) Impaired muscle repair in...

There is a gender difference in understanding visual cues, according to a study.Image Credit: Flickr/lior mosko Women and men look at faces and absorb visual...

A sedentary lifestyle is linked to poorer reading skills in the first three school years in 6-8 year old boys, according to a new...

This artist's view shows how the light coming from the surface of a strongly magnetic neutron star (left) becomes linearly polarised as it travels...

Researchers have for the first time seen and documented the Banda Detachment fault in eastern Indonesia and worked out how it formed. Credit: Image courtesy...

Assortment of diamond offcuts used in this study. The largest is 9.6 carats. These diamonds could be analyzed by destructive means (polishing to expose...