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(Association for Psychological Science) When hunger pangs strike, we usually interpret them as a cue to reach for a snack; when we start to feel full, we take it as a sign that we should stop eating. But new research sho...

News Microneedles are a few hairsbreadths wide and can sip the clear fluid between cells in the middle layer of skin ... Contributed Author: Phys.org

News An artificial leaf that can harvest energy from the sun faster than a natural one could lead to a new generation of renewable energy and medical technologies ... Contributed Author: Julianna Photopoulos, From Horizo...

Article Whether your company is developing a new and innovative device or re-launching an iterative product the key to a timely and successful regulatory submission is effective dossier management ... Contributed Author:...

The device is a combination of virtual reality goggles and eye-tracking technology to "evaluate impairments associated with the concussion," says SyncThink ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Neurology

Product Announcement When placed on top of a heat source such as an IC chip, the compliant material fills any unwanted air gaps ... Contributed Author: Fujiploy

The White House turned pink to honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as landmarks from other countries also did the same. First Lady Melania Trump released a statement to support the movement, urging women to talk to thei...

What if there was a tattoo that could indicate changes in your body? Well, a group of researchers from Harvard and MIT developed exactly that - a tattoo that could, for example, tell a diabetic if they need insulin.

Researchers used a simple and affordable smell test to determine Alzheimer's risk. Besides the inability to detect the scents of peppermint, orange, fish, rose and leather, here are other early warning signs of dementia.

(University of California - Riverside) Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have tested a genetically-modified soybean oil used in restaurants and found that while it induces less obesity and insulin re...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) New research shows families who used activity trackers with specially designed gaming elements increased daily step counts by nearly one mile per day and achieved daily fit...

(IOS Press) Video games are quickly becoming a hot topic in cognitive training. Many see them as a potential tool to help patients improve their performance and memory, yet little is known about how different types of vi...

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) A financial incentive for physicians to see patients sooner after discharge from hospital did not appear to influence physician behavior, found a study published in CMAJ.

(Wiley) Traditional Chinese medicine is widely used as a form of complementary medicine all over the world for various indications and for improving general health.

(Princeton University) The NSF has awarded $13 million to create the Center for the Physics of Biological Function, a joint endeavor between Princeton University and the City University of New York that will tackle a dec...

(New Jersey Institute of Technology) New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF) has awarded NJIT engineer Eon Soo Lee a $50,000 Innovation Grant to develop a nanotechnology-enhanced biochip that would give doctors and patients ...

(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) The National Institutes of Health is funding a new study to evaluate treatment options for newborns with opioid withdrawal syndrome, a...

(NYU Langone Health / NYU School of Medicine) By carefully tracing a line of at least 2 millimeters outside of and around the edges of a mole that is suspected of being a cancer, doctors can remove all of its cells and a...

(The University of Montana) A new University of Montana faculty member, Brandon Cooper, recently was awarded a five-year, $1.8 million Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health to study how sp...

(Kumamoto University) There are currently many kinds of drugs for heart failure. Among them, the new drug LCZ696 is recommended by US guidelines as a first-line treatment for chronic heart failure. LCZ696 is better than ...

(University of Surrey) A new study has given new insights into how sleep contributes to brain plasticity -- the ability for our brain to change and reorganise itself -- and could pave the way for new ways to help people ...

(Northwestern University) Ten to 25 percent of human embryos contain the wrong number of chromosomes, resulting in miscarriage or birth defects such as Down syndrome. The incidence of these errors rises dramatically as w...