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Auroras paint the sky around the poles when the sun is particularly active, flinging highly charged particles at Earth's atmosphere -- but to scientists' surprise, displays at the north and the south don't precisely matc...

Use the optimal amount of light while working with the Balmuda The Light Desk Lamp. Utilizing Forward beam technology, this device enables the light to fall on an area in a more natural way. Suitable for children, the Li...

Researchers shed light on the endocannabinoid system and report how cannabis is helping to provide relief to many with medical problems.

Biologists have demonstrated for the first time that a controversial genetic engineering technology works, with caveats, in mammals --

Our plastic pollution problem is absolutely out of control. We know it's bad, and the companies selling us shit know it's bad. Samsung Electronics on Sunday announced that it will join a growing number of companies kicki...

Ad blockers are nothing new, but they strangely aren't allowed in the Google Play Store.

Physically active men who are not overweight but who have a relatively high waist-stature ratio are more likely to develop heart disorders, according to a new study.

Researchers have discovered that breast cancer stem cells can shift between cell surface molecules CD44s and CD44v via alternative splicing and consequently alter their ability to survive.

Sequencing gut microbiomes typically turns up new microbes and other denizens of the intestinal tract, including viruses or phages that prey on these microbes. A new study has discovered the largest phages every found in...

News Toshiba Corp. has unveiled a remote-controlled robot with tongs that it hopes will be able to probe the inside of one of the three damaged reactors at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant and manipulate chunk...

Product Announcement Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. and BridgeWave Communications today announced they signed an agreement for Fujitsu to supply and support BridgeWave wireless backhaul systems as part of Fujitsu's...

Newer anticoagulants, known as non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs), are recommended over the traditional warfarin to prevent stroke in people with atrial fibrillation (AFib). Weight loss is recommended for overweig...

Researchers show that antisense RNA can mediated the formation of fusion genes.

A study in human and mouse heart cells identifies a faulty molecular brake in the most common form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people and athletes and the most common ...

Researchers are developing a series of drug compounds that have shown promise in treating acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive blood cancer that is one of the most lethal cancers. About 19,520 news cases are diagnosed a...

A study has shed light on the neurocomputational contributions to the development of post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans. The findings revealed distinct patterns for how the brain and body respond to learni...

Researchers have shown that a protein called midkine, a member of the class of signaling molecules known as cytokines, is a key driver of inflammation in the heart muscle that can lead to heart failure in patients with m...

A new study shows that field-grown cassava plants overexpressing a combination of plant genes can accumulate significantly higher concentrations of iron and zinc.

News To most of us, looking at the finish of an antique musical instrument conjures the image of painstaking, fine craftsmanship. Thanks to 3D scanning, scientists at several universities in Italy have been able to delve...

I think we can honestly say "Mission Accomplished" in showing off just how durable the Olympus OMD EM1x is for photographers. This camera is the most durable that we've tested thus far, and we're pretty proud to say that...

Product Announcement Allegro MicroSystems announced the launch of the company's QuietMotion family. This family consists of the first-to-market Field Oriented Control (FOC) brushless DC (BLDC) electric motor controllers ...

News Medtronic plc announced the first U.S. patients treated with the Mazor X Stealth Edition for spine surgery following its recent commercial launch. The Mazor X Stealth Edition offers a fully-integrated procedural sol...