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Researchers have proposed a rating system that standardizes and combines data from five leading hospital rating systems into an easy-to-understand composite score of one to 10 that will help guide consumer's hospitals ch...

The FCC is hosting a Robocall Summit to discuss phone carriers implementing SHAKEN/STIR, a caller verification system coming at the end of this year.       

As if landing on large planets weren’t difficult enough, the space scientists and engineers in at JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) wanted to land a spacecraft on an asteroid. In fact, it wanted to do it twice,...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized Bitcoin, Facebook's proposed Libra digital coin and other cryptocurrencies and demanded that companies seek a banking charter and make themselves subject to U.S. and glo...

130 million light-years away, the Hubble Space Telescope finds a very unusual black hole.

The Trump administration holds a policy meeting to "combat infighting" about the next-generation networking technology, says a report.

It's important to determine whether stroke patients also experience atrial fibrillation (Afib). Monitoring technology could make the process easier and more accurate.

Nielsen Media Research has released its ratings for the latest season of Netflix's Stranger Things, showing that ratings for the third season over the first four days of release were significantly higher than for the sec...

A malnourished child at a camp in Bangladesh. (Credit: Pahari Himu/Shutterstock) One in four children will never grow to a normal height. In developing countries, the number can be as high as one in three. The problem? M...

Researchers have developed a significantly improved delivery mechanism for the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing method in the liver. The delivery uses biodegradable synthetic lipid nanoparticles that carry the molecular editing ...

Breast ultrasound elastography is an emerging imaging technique used by doctors to help diagnose breast cancer by evaluating a lesion's stiffness in a non-invasive way. Researchers identified the critical role machine le...

Surgical gowns and stainless steel remained contaminated with the pathogen Clostridium difficile even after being treated with the recommended disinfectant, according to new research.

Damage to gene causes impaired movement in adult worms.

Following research on cohorts, scientists have described the characteristics of CD8 immune cells in these 'HIV controller' subjects. The unique antiviral power of these immune cells can be attributed to an optimal metabo...

The tobacco industry's court-ordered anti-smoking advertisements reached just 40.6 percent of US adults and 50.5 percent of current smokers in 2018, according to new research. Exposure to the advertisements was even lowe...

New research shows that being able to see green spaces from your home is associated with reduced cravings for alcohol, cigarettes and harmful foods.

If you're worried a password you use to log in to a site was leaked during a data breach, read about two websites and a Chrome extension that can alert you if this happens.

The already-crowded streaming market is on the verge of getting some new competitors, with Apple TV Plus, Disney+, HBO Max, and more gearing up to face off against more established players like Netflix and Hulu. These co...

If you're planning to shop during Amazon Prime Day, you should use Keepa to see the product price history and avoid making the wrong purchase choices. Amazon Prime Day 2019 is once again upon us from July 15 to July 16, ...

In 1964, Stanley Kubrick, on the recommendation of the science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, bought a telescope.

Like many people, Barbara Greenberg wasn't looking to unlock any deep, dark family secrets when she spit into a tube a few years ago and sent her DNA off to be analyzed. "I was just curious to see if I would find anythin...

There are going to be about a bazillion different deals on headphones next week during Amazon's annual Prime Day shopping event. If you want to sift through them all to find a great deal on wireless headphones, then by a...