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Researchers have developed a therapeutic at-home gaming program for stroke patients who experience motor weakness affecting 80 percent of survivors.

Scientists on the IceCube experiment discovered two extraterrestrial neutrinos with energies higher than any neutrino anyone had detected before. Physicists on the IceCube experiment were in for a jolt. In processing dat...

Set to launch on Nov 18th, 2013, the orbiter seek to rewind the planet's geologic history back to the wet, warm epoch that might have spawned life. MAVEN's instruments may help scientists understand why the planet lost m...

Catholic schools don't provide a better education than public schools, at least in the basics such as math and reading. Instead, Catholic students' edge may come from their different socioeconomic background.

Drones And Their Pilots Drones: both a pilot and a machine! Federal Aviation Administration The United States is one step closer to a more drone-filled future. The Federal Aviation Administration, which regulates civilia...

Heart tissue implants -- that could help people's hearts spring back into action after heart attacks -- could be made better by growing heart cells in scaffolds made of coiled fibers, rather than straight fibers, researc...

The ideal age for first parenthood is 25 for women and 27 for men, new research suggests. But those averages conceal wide differences in opinion across race, gender and education level.

Whether everyday activities such as housework, gardening or sex can be considered as exercise is a topic of current research. But traditional workouts are still important. Here are tips for starting and sticking with an ...

Power Up Duke University A wireless device developed by researchers at Duke University that converts microwaves into electricity could eventually harvest Wi-Fi or satellite signals for power, according to its creators. I...

A surgical team has performed the first surgery using a virtual augmented reality technology called VIPAAR in conjunction with Google Glass, a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display. The combination of th...

Robots tiny enough to fit inside your body might someday deliver your medicine from the inside. From Inside Science TV.

Moon-forming giant impact caused a giant magma ocean on Earth; life appeared millions of years later, hitching a ride on a Martian rock, a scientist says.

One might think that all the species of shark off the U.S. East Coast would've been identified by now. But a new analysis has turned up a new species of hammerhead shark off South Carolina.

Scientists have studied the effect of diet complexity and estrogen hormone receptors on intestinal microbiota.

For years, scientists have observed that tumor cells from certain breast cancer patients with aggressive forms of the disease contained low levels of mitochondrial DNA. But, until recently, no one was able to explain how...

A study published shows how the immune system 'attacks' liver cells during hepatitis by using the AP-1 gene JunB.

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Although silicon semiconductors are nearly universal in modern electronics, devices made from silicon have limitations--including that they cease to function properly at very high temperatures. One promising alternative ...

The amount of media requested by users in the United States will reach about 15.5 hours per person by 2015. But people aren't paying attention to all that data, researchers say.

Fake Derailed Train At Disaster City Brent Humphreys Disaster City is your one-stop for about every catastrophe you can think of. Train derailments, hurricanes, and other unfortunate happenings all get simulated at the T...

A motion-sensing camera that recognises kicking, pushing, throwing and hitting could raise the alarm when violence breaks out     

A man in Atlanta has been diagnosed with a severe case of saxophone lung. Though the name of the condition seems odd, it's quite appropriate, since saxophonists and other wind-instrument players are among those who contr...