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Researchers have figured out a new way to predict which rivers are most at risk of dangerous flooding.

A new imaging technique involving nanoparticles suspended in liquid to form 'nanojuice' that patients would drink holds promise for the examination of the gut. Upon reaching the small intestine, doctors would strike the ...

Researchers have identified and mapped 500 previously unknown microorganisms and more than 800 bacterial viruses in our intestinal flora. A discovery which -- in the long term -- can replace antimicrobial agents and perh...

A protein named IL23A is part of our stomach's defense against bacterial infection which leads to gastric cancer, researchers have discovered. This finding could potentially be used to combat the deadly disease. Every ye...

Testosterone supplements promise men a butch boost of resurrected libido, energy and mood. But there's a better way to restore virility (full text available to subscribers)

When you imagine virtual reality, chances are you've got visuals in mind. Or maybe you fantasize about a virtual sense of touch. Another key component? Immersive audio. Tom Simonite of MIT Technology Review recently got ...

A new study has analyzed the difference between day hospital and inpatient stay in depression. Depending on the severity of depression, patients may be treated at different levels of care with psychotherapy and/or antide...

A new study has analyzed the long-term effects of psychotherapy on borderline personality disorder. Authors report the effect of DBT compared to TAU on inpatient service use, and a follow-up 6 months after the end of tre...

A new study has addressed the relationship between personality and heart attacks. Distressed (type D) personality (TDP), characterized by high negative affectivity (NA) and social inhibition (SI), along with depression, ...

A group of Swiss investigators reports on a new type of psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder.

(Science China Press) The PandaX experiment of China, which is located in the deepest underground laboratory (2,400 m), has released its technical design report recently. The full article will appear in SCIENCE CHINA Phy...

Two exoplanets discovered in 2011 and believed to have been in the habitable zone of Gliese 581 (GJ 581) do not exist. A new study disproves the existence of Gliese 581d and Gliese 581g, but the methods used in the resea...