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Doctors routinely encourage us to eat better and exercise more - they could do just as much good by advising us on the right amount of sleep

(Louisiana Tech University) Dr. Ben Choi, associate professor of computer science at Louisiana Tech University, will present his research on a groundbreaking new technology that has the potential to revolutionize the com...

Recent record-breaking temperatures mean estimates of how much warming will result from CO2 emissions will have to be revised upwards, New Scientist can reveal

Some theorists say a radioactive decay anomaly could imply a fundamental new force  --

GPS-based navigation, communication systems, electrical power grids and financial networks all rely on the precise time kept by a network of around 500 atomic clocks located around the world.

In the competitive world of meerkats a bit of extra weight goes a long way - they compare their own size to that of rivals and try to match it by eating more

We use them to lather and exfoliate while bathing, but the largest of these marine animals wouldn't fit in a bathtub - or even a Jacuzzi

A lack of transparency breeds concern over projects using digital health data. Only open discussion can allay fears, say Ellen Broad and Tom Sasse

Along with being a "girl's best friend," diamonds also have remarkable properties that could make them ideal semiconductors. This is welcome news for electronics; semiconductors are needed to meet the rising demand for m...

Using a powerful combination of techniques from biophysics to mathematics, researchers have revealed new insights into the mechanism of a liver enzyme that is critical for human health. The enzyme, phenylalanine hydroxyl...

The benefits of eating fruit can begin as early as in the womb. A new study, using data from nearly 700 Edmonton children, demonstrates that infants do significantly better on developmental tests when their mothers consu...

New research has identified a new regulator of immune responses. The study sheds new light on why T cells fail to clear chronic infections and eliminate tumors.

Organisms, including humans, express or suppress symptoms of illness based on need, a new report indicates. Symptoms of illness are not inevitably tied to an underlying disease --rather, many organisms, including humans,...

A molecular key that breast cancer cells use to invade bone marrow in mice, where they may be protected from chemotherapy or hormonal therapies that could otherwise eradicate them, has been discovered by a team of resear...

Feelings of shame and humiliation bother obese air passengers more than tight seat belts and tiny seats, according to a new study.

A new study integrates genomic and proteomic data to yield a more complete picture of cancer biology than either analysis could do alone, report scientists.

Researchers have revealed new structural data that has eluded scientists for years on a liver enzyme that is critical for human health.

Unlike aspirin, bone marrow doesn't come with a neatly printed label with dosage instructions. However, a new study provides clues about how the dose of transplanted bone marrow might affect patients undergoing this risk...

During sensory stimulation, increases in blood flow are not precisely 'tuned' to local neural activity, report investigators. This finding challenges the long-held view that vascular and local neural responses are tightl...

By enhancing the ability of cells to absorb chemotherapeutics, researchers have nearly doubled the median patient survival time from diagnosis in a phase I clinical trial. Researchers have combined a laboratory ultrasoun...

Researchers recently made an important discovery in protein science that will advance our understanding of the inner workings of cells. In an article published in Scientific Reports, the team said they found a critical e...

The amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease may be the brain's way of trapping invading microbes that have crossed the blood-brain barrier