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(Phys.org)--A combined team of researchers from the University of Kiel in Germany and the University of Maryland in the U.S. has created a shape memory alloy that is able to be bent and snap back to its original form up ...

A plan to prohibit psychoactive substances not covered by existing law will only make matters worse, warns former UK government drug adviser David Nutt (full text available to subscribers)

How might future visitors to Mars build shelter? NASA's 3D Printed Habitat Challenge aims to foster an innovative, sustainable solution, says Sam Ortega (full text available to subscribers)

One four-legged machine is making great leaps in the field of robotics.

There's a feline parasite that makes us take unnecessary risks and could even cause psychosis. And up to 4 billion of us are unknowingly infected (full text available to subscribers)

Scientists have perfected mini cultured 3-D structures that grow and function much like the outer mantle -- the key working tissue, or cortex -- of the brain of the person from whom they were derived. Strikingly, these '...

Immunotherapy with the anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab decreased the size of tumors by 30 percent or more in 24.8 percent of 132 patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer. That's nearly twice as effecti...

In Science Advances, University at Buffalo researchers will report that they have managed to turn E. coli into tiny factories for producing new forms of the popular antibiotic erythromycin -- including three that were sh...

If you are over age 75, and taking an anticoagulant, the old standard may be the gold standard, Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have determined.

While the overall rate of colorectal cancer (CRC) is declining, CRC specifically among young patients is increasing. Previous studies have shown that CRC in patients younger than 50 years old tends to be more aggressive ...

Researchers have identified a new, less-invasive method to provide diagnostic information on kidney disease and its severity.

A brain protein believed to be a key component in the progress of dementia can cause memory loss in healthy brains even before physical signs of degeneration appear, according to new research.

A social work research team has proposed and tested an alternative method to using the Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children in assessing trauma in children -- especially those in the juvenile justice system.

People with dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment (CI) have altered responses to pain, with many conditions associated with increased pain sensitivity, concludes a new research review.

Promising clinical trial results show activity of the investigational anti-cancer agent ONT-380 against HER2+ breast cancer, in one case specifically against brain metastases and in another case in overall survival of he...

Researcher are finding out why ovarian cancer is resistant to certain types of chemo and hope to eventually identify a different drug target.

A multiplatform biomarker analysis of squamous cell anal carcinoma samples has revealed several actionable targets.

I open my eyes to a gritty, urban skyline dotted with airships. Looking down, I find my feet, the rooftop's edge, and a vertiginous drop to the street below. Seconds...

I open my eyes to a gritty, urban skyline dotted with airships. Looking down, I find my feet, the rooftop's edge, and a vertiginous drop to the street below. Seconds...

Access to healthcare and diagnostic tools aren't always easy to come by in many parts of the world. In this e-book from KQED, discover how engineers from Stanford University designed an easy-to-use, easy-to-fix, paper mi...

From fragrant fruit stalls to stinking sewers, find the nicest-smelling route around town with geotagged photo captions

A four-legged robot with laser vision can easily detect and leap over objects in its path