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Researchers built a physical model of the tail of the late Jurassic dinosaur Apatosaurus and found that its tail tip could have moved at supersonic speed to produce a whipcrack sound.   --

Could looking at the eyes provide a new way of studying how anesthesia affects the developing brain? The retinas of immature mice exposed to one widely used general anesthetic show evidence of "programmed cell death," or...

Scientists raise the prospect of cancer therapy that works by converting a tumor's best friends in the immune system into its gravest enemies. The team has uncovered a mechanism that allows key immune system cells to kee...

Nanodiamonds may help patients that have had the dreaded root canal. Dental researchers have developed a nanodiamond-reinforced version of gutta percha, the compound that is used to fill void spaces in dental root canals...

Researchers correlated neuroimaging data with reading deficits in patients with subacute left hemispheric stroke. Findings add to knowledge of neural mechanisms of reading and may be useful in developing reading interven...

Biochemists have announced a fundamental discovery about protein structure that sheds new light on how proteins fold, which is one of the most basic processes of life. It had not been thought that this type of characteri...

Nearly half of camels in parts of Kenya have been infected by the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, a new study shows, and experts have given calls now for further research into the role they might play...

A mechanism has been identified for blocking the signal by which the cellular sodium-potassium pump amplifies oxidants (reactive oxygen species). These oxidants lead to obesity and metabolic syndrome.

Infections in childhood are associated with an increased risk of early heart attacks, according to new research. Unhealthy lifestyles in adulthood appear to compound the risk of early heart attack.

Sniffing and gasping can prevent fainting, reveals new research.

An FDA-approved drug for leukemia improved cognition, motor skills and non-motor function in patients with Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia in a small phase I clinical trial, report researchers. In addition, th...

A pilot study of 23 adults with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes found early insulin therapy to be as effective as 15 months of oral therapy and may improve the body's ability to produce insulin.

ROBOTICS: ​Humans Will Love Robots More When They're Flawed Emiko Jozuka | Motherboard "'Humans forget names, things, and appointments so we were seeing if a robot with those kinds of traits...

Mitosis is a method of cell division in which a cell divides and produces identical copies of itself.

The world is full of interesting problems to solve. We are all constantly observing and assessing what's not working around us, and thinking of ways to improve it. That is the heart of engineering: being curious about a ...