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Researchers have identified stem cells in the jaw bone that can make new cartilage and repair damaged joints. The cells reside within the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), which articulates the jaw bone to the skull. When t...

(Oregon State University) Researchers have made a fundamental advance in understanding xanthohumol -- a compound found in hops that's of significant interest to prevent or treat the lipid and metabolic disorders that are...

You've likely heard that the DNA revolution is here, but we've yet to see it manifest in our daily lives and homes. Speaking at this year's Exponential Medicine conference, Raymond McCauley talked about how our expanded ...

A research team has been searching for potential causes of vitiligo, an autoimmune disease that gives rise to patches of white skin and hair. In a new report, they announce they have identified 23 locations on the human ...

Next year, we may see the launch of the first true quantum computers. The implications will be staggering. This post aims to answer three questions: What are quantum computers? What are their implications? Who's working ...

Researchers have investigated the early stages of the development of cells called primordial germ cells and developed strategies to generate 'lookalike' cells in the lab. The generation of human 'lookalike' primordial ge...

For cosplayers -- people who dress up as characters from popular culture -- costumes connect them to characters they love and strengthen community bonds among like-minded fans.

The north star indicates north. Seeing the moon overhead means...that the moon is overhead. It sounds obvious, right? But not everything works this way. Cosmic rays are high energy particles produced in astronomical even...

Scholars from the host university, Washington University in St. Louis, analyze the second debate, parsing out locker-room talk, Hillary's attack on Donald's alternative reality and Trump's rhetoric about helping the inne...

Artificial intelligence is learning to take on an increasing number of sophisticated tasks. Google Deepmind's AI is now able to imitate human speech, and just this past August IBM's Watson successfully diagnosed a rare c...

Researchers have designed a device that uses light to manipulate its mechanical properties. The device, which was fabricated using a plasmomechanical metamaterial, operates through a unique mechanism that couples its opt...

Researchers at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, in collaboration with researchers at the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation and the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Instit...

A new tool allows researchers to interactively explore the hierarchical processes that happen in the brain when it is resting or performing tasks. Scientists also hope that the tool can shed some light on how neurologica...

It's a known fact that cells can move around the body, but how they do it has been unknown - until now.

A sluggish insulin metabolism results in the slow and incomplete healing of injuries. That is why diabetics often have to contend with wounds that heal poorly. Researchers have now gained new insights into the underlying...

Scientists have developed a 'smart' drug that safely clears the liver of fat and prevents blood vessels from clogging up. Similar to a trojan horse, the drug enters the liver with a trick: It uses the pancreatic hormone ...

Researchers demonstrate how a molecular barrel structure serves various functions in the mitochondria, and explain the process in a new article.

Researchers' global estimates indicate that by 2025, some 268 million children aged 5 to 17 years may be overweight, including 91 million obese, assuming no policy interventions have proven effective at changing current ...

Although individuals often consume natural products because of their potential health benefits, a new review indicates that it is not clear whether the benefits of plant-derived compounds that mimic estrogen outweigh the...

Nearly 1000 people have been killed by hurricane Matthew in Haiti, but the death toll will rise as the knock-on effects of the devastation take hold

(Phys.org)--Researchers have developed a neuro-inspired analog computer that has the ability to train itself to become better at whatever tasks it performs. Experimental tests have shown that the new system, which is bas...

Donald Trump stood very closely behind Hillary Clinton at times during the second presidential debate, held in St. Louis Sunday, prompting some to argue that he was invading her personal space.