Heroin use in the United States was estimated to cost society more than $51 billion…
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Competitive soccer players have superior vision, study suggests
The visual abilities of competitive soccer players are substantially better than those of healthy non-athletes,…
How class of drugs blocks Hepatitis C virus replication
For the first time, researchers show how the antiviral class of drugs called NS5A inhibitors…
How the brain recognizes what the eye sees
New work outlining the brain’s visual process could improve self-driving cars and point to therapies…
Composition of Earth-size planets in TRAPPIST-1 system
An astrophysics researcher has identified the possible compositions of the seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1…
Molecular code for melanin-like materials
A new approach for producing materials that mimic the properties of melanin has now been…
Research for an oil (palm) change
A new technique shows great promise for helping oil palm growers optimize production and reduce…
Not so elementary: Physicists review three experiments that hint at a phenomenon beyond the Standard Model of particle physics
Scientists reviewed three experiments that hint at a phenomenon beyond the Standard Model of particle…
Improving adolescents’ social and emotional lives must go beyond teaching them skills
School programs designed to educate children and adolescents on how to understand and manage emotions,…
Tackling infectious disease, one protein at a time
A team of scientists has solved the 3-D structure of 1,000 proteins from more than…