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(Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)) IRB Barcelona identifies GEMC1 as a master gene for the generation of multiciliated cells -- cells with fine filaments that move fluids and substances -- which are ...

All the satisfaction in the world exists through a tunnel boring machine that finally cracks the surface and shreds open the crap that was in its way. Here is the tunnel boring machine Alice digging through a 1.5-mile gi...

Tech companies put our wallets inside our phones because taking your wallet out of your pocket or bag is so old fashioned. Now one of the biggest tech companies on the planet wants you to make payments on the go without ...

While we already know you can check your Apple Watch's battery life on your iPhone, what about the other way around? Can you check your iPhone's battery life from your Apple Watch? As it turns out, you can, with the help...

Inflated charges and significant variation in patterns of payments have been found for surgical care. Surprisingly, the study found that it's not what's happening in the operating room that is driving the payment variati...

Over the past decade, studies have found that obesity and eating a high-fat, high-calorie diet are significant risk factors for many types of cancer. Now, a new study reveals how a high-fat diet makes the cells of the in...

A total eclipse of the sun will turn day into night over portions of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean next week.          

Toyota sure loves its hybrids, but while the Prius might the best known of the Japanese firm's holier-than-thou electrified cars, its SUVs haven't escaped either. The 2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid shares the new look of its ga...

New implants made of fine, flexible mesh last longer and cause less damage than current ones do --

Scott Kelly's pioneering year of living at the International Space Station is coming to an end today when the American astronaut gets inside a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

Despite its victory in court yesterday, Apple is still facing an uphill battle when it comes to iPhones, encryption, and the company's staunch refusal to obey every unlock order that comes its way. France has proposed a ...

Last week, white actor Finn Jones (best known as Loras Tyrell on Game of Thrones) was cast as Danny Rand , the white comic book character who becomes Marvel's martial arts superhero Iron Fist. In terms of bringing the or...

Google announced in a blog post today that it would start testing out its new payment service , Hands Free, in the South Bay region outside San Francisco. The author, senior director of product management Pali Bhat, soun...

Stacking layers of nanometer-thin semiconducting materials at different angles is a new approach to designing the next generation of energy-efficient transistors and solar cells. The atoms in each layer are arranged in h...

A popular smartphone app purported to accurately measure blood pressure simply by placing a cellphone on the chest with a finger over the built-in camera lens misses high blood pressure in eight out of 10 patients, poten...

Scientists have solved the structure of a key protein in HKU1, a coronavirus identified in Hong Kong in 2005 and highly related to SARS and MERS. They believe their findings will guide future treatments for this family o...

Cancer of the colon or rectum is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among both men and women in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 140,000 Americans are diagnosed...

Nearly half of children in the US live dangerously close to the poverty line, according to new research. Researchers found that while the total number of children in the US has remained about the same since 2008, more ch...

After platelet-rich plasma injections, researchers have described the structural change in the healing process as well as improvement in patients' pain and function, in a new report.

New technologies to improve memory in people with traumatic brain injury, mild cognitive impairment, epilepsy, and Alzheimer's disease have been developed by scientists.

Ovarian cancer should not be categorized as a single disease, but rather as a constellation of different cancers involving the ovary, yet questions remain on how and where various ovarian cancers arise, says a new congre...

Did you know the CRISPR/Cas9 system was derived from bacteria, which use it to fight off foreign invaders such as viruses? It allows many bacteria to snip and store segments of DNA from an invading virus, which they can ...