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Some video gamers hear sound effects like screams and explosions long after they have stopped playing, a new study finds.

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Finding could allow ultrafast switching of conduction, and possibly lead to new broadband light sensors.

Scientists have rendered a once-furry mouse transparent, its brain, guts and all. Here's a look at the beauty beneath the rodent's skin.

(Princeton University) Eight conservation biologists from various organizations and institutions, including Princeton University, found that shale-gas extraction in the United States has vastly outpaced scientists' under...

The U.S. Army received its first newly upgraded Chinook helicopter this week, according to aerospace giant Boeing.

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers found that lap infants may be at greater risk for death on a commercial airline flight. The study analyzed pediatric medical emergencies on flights worldwide between January 2010...

Writing down fears, emotions and the benefits of a cancer diagnosis may improve health outcomes for Asian-American breast cancer survivors, according to a new study.

The use of electronic reminders such as text messages, emails or voicemails is highly effective at getting surgical patients to adhere to a preadmission antiseptic showering regimen known to help reduce risk of surgical ...

Parkinson's disease affects neurons in the Substantia nigra brain region -- their mitochondrial activity ceases and the cells die. Researchers now show that supplying D-lactate or glycolate, two products of the gene DJ-1...

Cute photos of baby shorebirds collected as the USGS monitors mercury levels in avocets and other shorebirds at marshes and ponds throughout the massive South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project.

Topological transport of light is the photonic analog of topological electron flow in certain semiconductors. In the electron case, the current flows around the edge of the material but not through the bulk. It is "topol...

Researchers at MIT and in Saudi Arabia have developed a new way of making surfaces that can actively control how fluids or particles move across them. The work might enable new kinds of biomedical or microfluidic devices...

Standing humans aren't particularly stable. As most martial arts practitioners know, it doesn't take much to knock a standing person down. That's because, when standing, your center of gravity is above the point where yo...

The FBI has admitted that its scientists may have made erroneous statements in thousands of criminal cases involving hair analysis

A new robotic device could make simple, everyday tasks -- such as peeling a banana or unscrewing the cap from a water bottle -- even easier.

High birth rates and low employment among women make Gaza a demographic enigma in the modern world

Red-footed tortoises have learned how to use the devise in exchange for a strawberry, a new study reports. Researchers taught the tortoises a few touch-screen basics in order to learn about the animals' navigational tech...

Two Americans from a medical charity who contracted Ebola have been given experimental treatments, but the method, even if it did work, couldn't be scaled up.

Vision specialists have created the most detailed molecular map of a region of the human eye associated with disease, including age-related macular degeneration. The map catalogs more than 4,000 proteins in each of three...

Scientists have found that bacteria that aid in digestion help keep the intestinal lining intact. The findings could yield new therapies for inflammatory bowel disease and a wide range of other disorders.

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Like clues to a crime, specific molecules in the body can hint at exposure to toxins, infectious agents or even trauma, and so help doctors determine whether and how to treat a patient. In recent years, tiny pieces of RN...