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As more devices are hooked up to the Internet, it could be anything from medical equipment to industrial machinery -- and even sex toys.

The retailer continues to offer hefty discounts on the 12-inch MacBook as the March 21 Apple event nears.

Five years after the disaster, the potential health risks associated with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant meltdowns in March 2011 remain uncertain.

Does it help to reward people if you want them to exercise more? Yes, but try a combination of individual and team incentives. The study also showed how smartphones can be a hassle-free way to monitor people's exercise p...

Leading standardized equations that predict the number of calories burned under level walking conditions are relatively inaccurate -- counting too few calories in 97 percent of cases, say researchers. The standards -- in...

(Ohio State University) Quickly uncovering that foodborne illnesses are connected can make all the difference in halting a deadly outbreak. About 276,000 cases of foodborne illness are avoided each year because of PulseN...

A SARS-like virus found in Chinese horseshoe bats may be poised to infect humans without the need for adaptation, overcoming an initial barrier that could potentially set the stage for an outbreak according to a new stud...

A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty to felony computer hacking in the phishing scheme.

Four immunosuppression strategies have been investigated by researchers who have found that many patients might benefit from a lower-than-standard dose of calcineurin inhibitors.

(Ruhr-University Bochum) Today, Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed too late. In collaboration with a research team at the university and German Center for Neurogenerative Diseases in Göttingen, Researchers at Ruhr-Univers...

YouTube co-founder Steve Chen told an audience at SXSW that Google's video platform started out as a dating service. It was envisioned as a place for singles to create and share video profiles in order to find matches. T...

The game lineup includes an exclusive VR version of Star Wars: Battlefront.

Smartphone microscopy could enhance the detection of skin cancer in developing countries, new research suggests. When it comes to the diagnosis of cancer, smartphone microscopes are reasonably accurate, according to a st...

New doctor's orders: No earbuds, no music, and no watching TV while eating. Researchers have found that the noise your food makes while you're eating can have a significant effect on how much food you eat.

Genome-wide molecular profiling of kidney biopsies may be a key to catching organ rejection before it's too late, new research demonstrates.

A new study may have uncovered the fountain of youth: plant extracts containing the six best groups of anti-aging molecules ever seen.

Hispanic Americans report fewer pain conditions compared with non-Hispanic white or black Americans, according to a critical review and analysis of more than 100 studies on pain experience and pain management among Hispa...

Scientists report they have found a way to improve predictions of permafrost area and stability in the northern high latitudes. Their improved model finds that the rate of permafrost decline in recent decades is slower t...

Researchers examined the association between implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) suppression policy of substance abuse-related claims and rates of diagnoses for non­substance abuse condi...

A review of p-values in the biomedical literature from 1990 to 2015 shows that these widely misunderstood statistics are being used increasingly, instead of better metrics of effect size or uncertainty.

A world-first study is likely to result in new treatments for five common and painful inflammatory diseases that affect millions of people around the world. The research found genes are the major cause of them rather tha...

Researchers developed a new laboratory method that allowed them to identify GABA as a key player in the complex brain processes that control appetite and metabolism.