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We’re no stranger to robotics in the medical field. Robot-assisted surgery is becoming more and more common. Many training programs are starting to include robotic and virtual reality scenarios to provide hands-on trai...

Houston has turned into a giant bathtub after being inundated with relentless rains from Tropical Storm Harvey, which made landfall in Texas as a hurricane but has since been downgraded to a tropical depression.

UCLA physicists have proposed new theories for how the universe's first black holes might have formed and the role they might play in the production of heavy elements such as gold, platinum and uranium.

Do long arms give you a disadvantage at the gym?Bernie, from San Francisco, wrote in yesterday: My co-worker and I are having an discussion about weight lifting. The basic question is: does it require more force (strengt...

An algorithm that estimates someone's pain levels by looking at their face could help stop doctors prescribing painkillers to people who don't need them

The ostrich appears to be unique in the animal kingdom, because it has two kneecaps on each knee rather than one. The question is why

Researchers have further elucidated the mechanisms for cognitive fatigue, a disabling symptom that affects many individuals after traumatic brain injury (TBI).

An existing drug may one day protect premenopausal women from life-altering infertility that commonly follows cancer treatments, according to a new study.

A new way to recycle dead leaves could produce better electronic components and avoid the pollution caused by burning biowaste

What does it look like inside a volcano? Find out with a new immersive website.

The Psychoactive Substances Act is a failure. The only surprise is that the UK government has promised to keep pursuing people under it, says Frank Swain

Barely a week after Hurricane Harvey slammed the Texas coast, another monster hurricane is brewing out in the Atlantic.

Intellectual disabilities are often caused by a mutation that damages a gene, preventing the associated protein from functioning properly. However, a mutation can also change the function of a gene. As a result, the gene...

The first clear demonstration of etosis in human blood monocytes, a type of immune cell, has now been discovered by scientists.

New research indicates that a healthy lifestyle may help reduce the duration of an individual's disabled period near the end of life.

Vaccination efforts made in the world's poorest countries since 2001 will have prevented 20 million deaths and saved $350 billion in health-care costs by 2020, according to a new study.

A deadly tick-borne virus uses the host neuron's transportation system to move their RNA, resulting in the local reproduction of the virus and severe neurological symptoms.

An analysis of children with asthma, those who had been breastfed had a 45 percent lower risk of asthma exacerbations later in life compared with children who had not been breastfed.

Adipose tissue, or fat, may influence the development of cancer in diverse ways, depending on the type of fat and the location in the body.

(Phys.org)--Is entanglement really necessary for describing the physical world, or is it possible to have some post-quantum theory without entanglement?

Molecules move faster as they get closer to adhesive surfaces, but this effect is not permanent. Such is the puzzling conclusion of a study published in Physical Review Letters, carried out by Simone Napolitano and his c...

A new, low-cost technique could reveal objects shrouded in mist or dust --