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A US nationwide phase II clinical trial has found that a topical cream was extremely effective in reversing the effects of vitiligo, a relatively common autoimmune disease that causes loss of skin pigmentation. Topical a...

When you hear “Android TV”, you might think smart TVs first and foremost or at least smart set-top boxes. The platform’s real hero device, however, is actually a years old gaming console. Despite its age, the NVIDI...

The way we interact with our devices is to an increasing extent an extension of our innermost selves. It's no wonder startups view the data gleaned from these behaviors as a window into our mental health--and the foundat...

NASA has a media library full of images, sounds, and video you're free to use however you'd like, and you can access that massive library for free.

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A research team has investigated the transport mechanism of a bacterial membrane protein using an artificially produced antibody fragment. The transport proteins, called ABC exporters, are present, for instance, in the c...

Uber drivers are reportedly participating in a so-called Surge Club to artificially trigger higher fares. Many drivers said that they do not want to join the shady practice, but they are forced to do so due to pay cuts.

Huawei's American chip suppliers, including Qualcomm and Intel, are quietly pressing the U.S. government to ease its ban on sales to the Chinese tech giant, even as Huawei itself avoids typical government lobbying, peopl...

Are they ready to replace your wallet? We put all three through some tests to find out which mobile payment system is best.

From Apple's Maximizing Battery Life and Lifespan page: If you want to store your device long term, two key factors will affect the overall health of your battery: the environmental temperature and the percentage of char...

Nvidia is working with chip designer ARM on technology that's designed to allow for more energy-efficient supercomputers. VentureBeat reports that the graphics company will give the ARM ecosystem access to all its high-p...

5G technology is moving fast and both Sprint and Verizon Wireless offer it to consumers now. Sprint offers an HTC hub and the LG V50 ThinQ 5G while Verizon offers the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G. Sprint and Verizon are the onl...

Domino's announced Monday it is teaming with robotics company Nuro for a pilot program in Houston later this year.       

Chemists have achieved what a new article calls a 'landmark in drug discovery' with the total synthesis of 11.5g of halichondrin. Known to be a potent anti-cancer agent in mouse studies, and found naturally in sea sponge...

Motherboard previously reported how hackers were holding high-profile Instagram accounts to ransom, and how some influencers had to turn to white-hat hackers for help.

For humans, it's easy to tell how an object will feel by looking at it or tell what an object looks like by touching it, but this can be a big challenge for machines. Now, a new robot developed by MIT's Computer Science ...

(University of Manchester) Social media use is contributing to poor mental health in Indonesia, research presented in a paper by Sujarwoto Sujarwoto, Gindo Tampubolon and Adi Cilik Pierewan has found.

(Data Science Institute at Columbia) In a paper published in Environmental Research Letters, Columbia Researcher Kyle Davis found that the yields from grains such as millet, sorghum, and maize are more resilient to extre...

(Joule Inc.) Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission from mothers to babies could largely be prevented if Canada recommended universal screening for HCV in pregnancy, argues a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Associatio...

(University of Central Florida) In a new paper that appeared in Science on Friday and includes two University of Central Florida co-authors, researchers are offering glimpses into the nature and composition of Saturn's l...

People who receive opioids for the first time while hospitalized have double the risk of continuing to receive opioids for months after discharge compared with their hospitalized peers who are not given opioids. The find...

Analyzing language shows that identifying certain groups of words significantly improves upon predicting some medical conditions in patients.