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People use their faces to communicate in subtle ways. A Facebook conversational bot trained on Skype chats had reactions indistinguishable from human ones

There are so many things robots can do nowadays. They can shuttle products around a warehouse, make burgers and pizza, and teach each other new things. Most of the capabilities we've given robots are useful--but some are...

(The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences) The modern world relies on portable electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, cameras or camcorders. Many of these devi...

In the 20th century, people in the UK evolved to be less likely to smoke heavily and get Alzheimer's, but the changes were subtle and may not last

In a study analyzing the genomes of 210,000 people in the United States and Britain, researchers have found that the genetic variants linked to Alzheimer's disease and heavy smoking are less frequent in people with longe...

As more people live into their 80s and 90s, researchers have delved into the issues of health and quality of life during aging. A recent mouse study sheds light on those questions by demonstrating that a high fat, or ket...

Mobile phone use during pregnancy is unlikely to have any adverse effects on child neurodevelopment, according to new research. These findings provide further evidence that exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fie...

Approximately 90 percent of adult Americans fail to reach the US Department of Health guidelines for physical activity, which could be contributing to surging obesity rates. Now, new research suggests that physical activ...

Research sheds new light on the understanding of the measurement of polymer properties in diverse chemical industries such as plastics manufacturing and food processing, and the design of biosensors.

Water has many ice phases that form under different pressure and temperature conditions. The effects of positive pressure have been explored extensively, with the results somewhat predictable: As the pressure increases, ...

A combination of whole exome sequencing, machine learning, and network analysis, has identified new, ultra-rare gene mutations within specific biological pathways that may contribute to eating disorders, according to a s...

Higher intake of red meat and poultry is associated with significantly increased risk of developing diabetes, which is partially attributed to their higher content of heme iron in these meats, new research shows.

A new approach to evaluating the risk of preterm birth has been proposed by analyzing the properties of cervical mucus. The researchers found that cervical mucus from women who delivered their babies early, before 37 wee...

In an interview at Singularity University's Global Summit in San Francisco, oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle said we live in a remarkable time when "the greatest era of exploration is just beginning." Earle is a National G...

Humans, like other animals, become more sensitive to cold with age. Now, scientists report that delivering a single dose of a nutritional supplement called L-carnitine to older mice restores a youthful ability to adapt t...

Researchers have developed new methods to track cells in mice which could help to reduce animal experiments.

Deciding to start a family later in life could be about more than just the age of your eggs. The risks of complications during pregnancy all increase with age. A new study our today is one of the first to look at the eff...

Contrary to common belief that the yawning contagion is associated with empathy, it is in fact, more likely that perceptual sensitivity is to blame, research suggests.

While unconscious during deep sleep, millions of neurons' activity travels across the cerebral cortex. This phenomenon, known as slow waves, is related to the consolidation of memory. The European project called SloW Dyn...

Sodium channels in the cells that line the tiny capillaries in our lungs play an important role in keeping those capillaries from leaking and potentially worsening conditions like pneumonia, scientists report.

New research shows that lower socioeconomic status in childhood is associated with arterial stiffness in adulthood.

Electrophysiologists get creative in removing infected pacemaker wires of a patient unable to have open heart surgery. He would have died if they didn't use a 'vacuum' typically used to remove foreign objects.