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MIT neuroscientists have identified tight connections between dopamine-producing cells of the substantia nigra (red) and neurons in the striatum (green). These connections, which show...

A late night at the library, copious amounts of energy drinks or coffee and class notes from the last month; surely you'll be able...

These pseudotachylites -- fine grained rocks -- are from the British Isles.Credit: Image courtesy of Yale University A new study shows that rocks formed by...

The researchers could watch in a top-down view the 36 participants passing through a bottleneck during a simple evacuation situation. Each pedestrian was controlled...

Châtelperronian body ornaments and bone points from the Grotte du Renne in Arcy-sur-Cure.Credit: © Marian Vanhaeren Researchers from the University of York have helped to...

Number processing.Credit: Image courtesy of Johns Hopkins University Human babies and even animals have a basic number sense that many believe evolves from seeing the...

University of Adelaide researchers have made a breakthrough in investigating salt tolerance in plants which could lead to new salt tolerant varieties of crops,...

In the fall of 2015, hazardous levels of smoke from agricultural fires blanketed much of Equatorial Asia. Schools and businesses closed, planes were grounded...

The Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo set a world record for creating a Canadian flag measuring about one one-hundredth the...

Archaeologists Brendan Foley, Theotokis Theodoulou and Alex Tourtas excavate the Antikythera Shipwreck skeletal remains, assisted by Nikolas Giannoulakis and Gemma Smith.Credit: Photo by Brett...

The polar cap of "Sputnik Planum," in false colors, is surrounded by mountains which have been eroded and shaped by the glacial activity. The...