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A battery-powered chip inside a doll can run AI algorithms without needing to pass information to the cloud and so will help keep data private

One of the cornerstones of multiple sclerosis treatment is shared decision-making between patients and their doctors and nurses, according to a new report.

Deep learning has transformed the field of artificial intelligence, but the limitations of conventional computer hardware are already hindering progress. Researchers at MIT think their new "nanophotonic" processor could ...

Archaeologists are trying to make sense of an artificial "volcano" built in Peru.

Letters written by Albert Einstein about God, Israel and physics fetched nearly $210,000 at a Jerusalem auction Tuesday, with the highest bid going to a missive about God's creation of the world.

Monitoring and maintaining glucose levels of critically ill patients after admission from ICU, to general care through their discharge from the hospital may have positive impact on outcomes.

Primary care providers may have a difficult time finding quality evidence to support their clinical decisions, according to a new study.

Antibiotics were the wonder drug of the 20th century, but bacteria evolved resistance. According to the CDC, more than 2 million people in the U.S. develop MDR infections every year. Researchers have now developed a rapi...

A subpopulation of immune cells that normally fend off pathogens can turn against the host during certain infections, a new study reveals.

In a provocative new perspective piece, researchers say that disease genes are spread uniformly across the genome, not clustered in specific molecular pathways, as has been thought.

Planes have been grounded in Phoenix as life-threatening heat descends across the Southwest.

A specific type of irritable bowel syndrome is associated with exhaustion of the immune system in patients, researchers have discovered for the first time.

For decades, HIV has successfully evaded all efforts to create an effective vaccine but researchers are steadily inching closer. Their latest study demonstrates that optimizing the mode and timing of vaccine delivery is ...

A late bedtime is associated with lower perceived control of obsessive thoughts, according to new research.

Parents can affect their children's physical activity behavior. A unique finding of the study was that especially the parents who have previously provided only little support for their children's physical activity can ma...

Encircling the Earth, within its magnetosphere, are two concentric, doughnut-shaped radiation belts known as the Van Allen belts. The Van Allen belts swell and recede in response to incoming energy from the sun, sometime...

Neolithic farmers in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) domesticated cats about 10,000 years ago to keep vermin at bay, and the kitties, so to speak, went viral on the world stage after that.

You may not have heard of optical coherence tomography, or OCT. But if you've visited an ophthalmologist recently, chances are your eye came within an inch or two of a scanning device employing the technology. Tens of th...

A plant extract used for centuries in traditional medicine in Nigeria could form the basis of a new drug to treat Alzheimer's disease, researchers have found.

Applying continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), a form of non-invasive ventilation, decreased mortality in children with respiratory distress, new research has found. Findings from the trial indicated that the proce...

A large scale study of women carrying faults in important cancer genes should enable doctors to provide better advice and counselling for treatments and lifestyle changes aimed at reducing this risk.

An internet-based weight loss program was effective in promoting significant weight loss in low-income postpartum women over 12 months, according to a study.