A computer scientist has found a way to estimate distances across huge networks more reliably without increasing the method’s overall mathematical running time. The advance extends a useful accuracy ...

The blood pressure medicine that works best for one person may not work best for another, even when the drugs perform similarly on average. A carefully controlled trial suggests that matching ...

Cannabis use was linked to a greater likelihood of reporting a past stroke in a study of more than 440,000 US adults. The link appeared in both occasional and frequent users, rather than rising ...

An electron microscope can reveal the structure of battery materials in extraordinary detail. It can also move the very atoms a researcher wants to study. A new investigation found that the microscope ...

Two widely used cholesterol medicines offered similar protection against major cardiovascular problems in a three-year trial. However, rosuvastatin was associated with more newly treated diabetes and ...

A wandering mind can make everyday tasks harder, but it may also help some people connect ideas in unexpected ways. A research review suggests that the attention patterns associated with ADHD can ...

Gut bacteria can turn to proteins in the body’s protective intestinal mucus when dietary fibre is scarce. Researchers found that changing their food supply can shift the chemical products the microbes ...

Scientists have found a way to control several silicon quantum bits at once while keeping errors very low. Their method maintained control accuracy above 99.9% when all five quantum bits in an ...