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A fruit-based micronutrient and fiber-dense supplement bar was shown in clinical trials to improve metabolism in overweight/obese otherwise healthy adults in ways that are consistent with reduced risk of type 2 diabetes ...

The Polar M400 is a GPS running and cycling watch that can be paired with a heart rate strap to track your pulse as you exercise.

This concept's played a greater part in physics than relativity and quantum theory, so why has the great woman behind it not achieved Einstein's fame? (full text available to subscribers)

(University of Colorado Denver) Members of the University of Colorado Cancer Center report at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2015 the assembly of a panel of validated canine cancer cell lines...

Inbreeding is to blame for the decline in wolves at Isle Royale National Park, ecologists say, but climate change may be an indirect culprit in the population crash.

Three male Amur tiger cubs born in the early hours of April 21 are currently in an incubator after their mother didn't nurse them.

Caffeine gives brief boost to tiny swimming robots made from bull sperm, helping them to ferry drugs around the body or help in reproductive technologies

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered a method to increase the amount of electric charge that can be stored in graphene, a two-dimensional form of carbon. The research, published recently o...

Listeria is a deadly food-borne pathogen that can be found in almost any food, but is often tied to deli meats and unpasteurized cheeses.

Small actions at home can help wildlife around the Earth.

A flawless, 100-carat diamond sold for $22.1 million at an auction at Sotheby's in April.

Researchers at Duke University are using 3-D imaging, sensors, digital cameras and more to measure the forces inside materials like sand, soil and snow.

By algorithmically correlating smartphone data, NSF-funded researchers hope to spot early signs of this debilitating condition. The 'LifeRhythm' may someday also spot bipolar illness and other disorders.

Much like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is able to scan the interior of the human body, the emerging technique of "picosecond ultrasonics," a type of acoustic imaging, can be used to make virtual slices of biological ...

The torturous trial-and-error process of finding the best cancer drug for an individual could be a thing of the past thanks to a couple of clever devices

Targeting a protein that causes rampant growth of cells in retinal blood vessels could lead to new treatments for vision loss in older people

IN MANY living species, the sexes look different from one another. Presumably that was true in the past, too, but knowing for certain is hard because pigments and soft tissues that might be sexually dimorphic are rarely ...

State education committee passes a bill banning parents exempting kids from vaccination because of "personal beliefs", as lawmakers around the world discuss similar measures

Rather than avoid neonicotinoid pesticides, bees opt specifically for sugars that contain the chemicals - even though they might be detrimental to wild bees

The early evangelist Paul became a Christian because of a dazzling light on the road to Damascus, but one astronomer thinks it was an exploding meteor

A radar-like system that fits inside a Wi-Fi box can record health data and keep tabs on your mood - without you even noticing

There's something almost alchemical going on at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Scientists there have genetically transformed skin cells into heart cells and used them to 3D print...