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A theatre company in London is using simple technology to build a first-hand experience of disabling conditions like Parkinson's

Many people in the Western World consider it as a social need to hide the effects of aging. For this purpose, different cutaneous rejuvenation treatments have been developed, including a laser-based technique, known as l...

Today the collaboration for the LHCb experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced the discovery of two new particles in the baryon family. The particles, known as the Xi_b'- and Xi_b*-, were predicted to exist by...

A new website ranks popular restaurant chains in the United States based on the healthiness of their food.

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THAT agriculture permitted the human population to expand its size is obvious. That it permitted the population to expand its range as well is a more subtle point. But a paper just published in Science, by Chen Fahu and ...

An interim deal freezing Iran's nuclear enrichment programme expires on 24 November - the race is on to agree a new deal

The secret fountain of youth is frozen water mantling Antarctica's mighty Gamburtsev Mountains, which have kept their youthful appearance after 34 million years buried under ice.

The finding that male homosexuality is has a strong genetic component should be a boon for gay rights – but it could backfire

Physicists at the University of Groningen led by Professor of Functional Nanomaterials Beatriz Noheda have discovered a new manganese compound that is produced by tension in the crystal structure of terbium manganese oxi...

As the installation of photovoltaic solar cells continues to accelerate, scientists are looking for inexpensive materials beyond the traditional silicon that can efficiently convert sunlight into electricity.

On a quest to design an alternative to the two complex approaches currently used to produce electrons within microwave electron guns, a team of researchers from Euclid TechLabs and Argonne National Laboratory's Center fo...

Even Hawaii couldn't avoid the freezing temperatures that swept across all 50 states Tuesday. Though tourists in Honolulu and Waikiki Beach were still enjoying temperatures in the 70s for most of the day, at least one pa...

Innovations such as pulse readings by webcam and triage by SMS are just some of the ideas coders are pursuing to help rein in Ebola

Long-term exposure to triclosan -- an antibacterial ingredient found in soap, toothpaste and other common household products -- may lead to liver cancer in mice, according to a new study.

The U.S. state obesity rates are actually higher than previously thought, a new study finds. And the reason why is surprising, researchers said.

A new technique for 3D-printing nanoscale LEDs into contact lenses could one day turn them into heads-up video display – or tools to spot pilot fatigue

Some viruses may help protect the body from disease and injury by keeping the gut healthy, much like "good bacteria" do, suggests a study in mice

Having many children could increase women's risk of developing heart disease, a new study finds.

Epilepsy affects about 2 million people in the United States, and current treatments for the chronic neurological disorder are ineffective for more than a third of cases. But a new technique that uses light to activate b...

When the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded this October to three Japanese-born scientists for the invention of blue light emitting diodes (LEDs), the prize committee declared LED lamps would light the 21st century....

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