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The world of nanosensors may be physically small, but the demand is large and growing, with little sign of slowing. As electronic devices get smaller, their ability to provide precise, chip-based sensing of dynamic physi...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can slow the decline in lung function in middle-aged women, according to new research.

It is possible to unlearn fears. And this works even better when a specific region of the brain has previously been stimulated magnetically.

A lack of sleep is associated with more absence and teens turn up jet lagged to school on Mondays, as shown in new research.

The presence of DNA in mammalian cell cytoplasm triggers an immune response by binding to a dimeric enzyme, which inserts between DNA double helices to form the "rungs" of a ladder-like structure, as an LMU team has now ...

The Cassini team was at once somber and excited as they watched the spacecraft's radio heartbeat flicker out. Mika McKinnon joined them to say goodbye

Technology proposed 30 years ago to search for dark matter is finally seeing the light. In a project called SENSEI, scientists are using innovative sensors developed over three decades to look for the lightest dark matte...

Scientists say a new study indicates that the excessive burst of new brain cells after a traumatic head injury that researchers have traditionally believed helped in recovery could instead lead to epileptic seizures and ...

Researchers have discovered that the fat-metabolism in the cells takes place simultaneously with a detoxification of the harmful substances from the blood sugar, which can avert the damage that can in turn lead to age-re...

Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the origin of the ageing process. They have identified that genes belonging to a process called autophagy -- one of the cells most critical survival processes -- prom...

Researchers have found a new link between the brain's immune system and the desire to drink alcohol in the evening.

Almost 11 percent of Medicare participants with diabetes had very low blood sugar levels that suggested they were being over-treated, a new study finds. But only 14 percent of these patients had a reduction in blood suga...

A quality-improvement initiative at a neonatal intensive care unit finds that chest X-rays can be performed just twice weekly, lessening the chances of a breathing tube popping out accidentally, reducing infants' exposur...

A new study shows that hypometabolism in the medial prefrontal areas is specifically associated with Alzheimer's disease-related nutritional problems, and decrease in fat mass may have a key role.

More than half of the states in the US now allow some type of legal marijuana use, primarily medical marijuana. But, in a survey of medical residents and deans at the nation's medical schools, researchers have found that...

Only seven states in the US have mandatory paid sick leave laws, yet, 15 states have passed preemptive legislation prohibiting localities from passing sick leave. Paid sick leave is gaining momentum as a social justice i...

Increased communication between distant brain regions helps older adults compensate for the negative aspects of aging, reports a new study.

What do the most basic t-shirts have in common with cutting-edge fabric that can detect and neutralize nerve gas? The answer is cotton, "the fabric of our lives" as it's called by the U.S. industry. Cotton is one of the ...

Failed stars called brown dwarfs straddle the line between big planets and small stars. An observation of a magnetic field puts another tick in the star column

From insights into how moons are born to Saturnian lightning to a bizarre hexagon pattern, the Cassini mission has revealed some odd things about the ringed planet.

Say goodbye to humanity's outpost at Saturn with a look at Cassini's final images before it was swallowed by Saturn's atmosphere

These unusual patterns in Saturn's rings give us clues to what happens when planets are born, and may help us understand how our solar system formed