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CSI: Las Vegas first showed up on TV in 2000, when I was still a teenager, and for many years I watched it regularly. (My favourite character was Grissom because he said stuff like “Follow the evidence” and was full ...

Researchers are closing in on a biological explanation for some striking variations in risk of heart disease in the US     

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By 2017, the streets of New York will be bathed in the glow of microchips, Mayor Mike Bloomberg recently announced. The city plans to replace 250,000 high-pressure sodium street lights with LEDs. Bloomberg called the mov...

Pee-powered robots, king of gore discovered and a hypersonic jet plane are three of several cool stories in Science this week.

(University of Adelaide) Australian researchers have found that zinc can 'starve' one of the world's most deadly bacteria by preventing its uptake of an essential metal.

(Society for Neuroscience) Research released today demonstrates unexpected roles that sex hormones may play in the cognitive function of females, including memory and interpreting social cues. Additionally, a chemical id...

(Society for Neuroscience) Scientists are gaining a new level of understanding of multiple sclerosis that may lead to new treatments and approaches to controlling the chronic disease, according to new research released t...

Could figuring out how much dopamine a patient with Parkinson's disease has lost be as simple as completing a dot test? Researchers hope the easy task might lead to ways of improving clinical treatment of Parkinson's pat...

New research suggests that consuming extra fruits and vegetables, which are highly alkaline, improves kidney health. In patients with chronic kidney disease, those with high dietary acid levels experienced accelerated ki...

Microvehicles and other devices that can change shape or move with no power source other than a beam of light may be possible through research led by the University of Pittsburgh. The researchers are investigating polyme...