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New 3D scanning tech will reveal details about the mummified body of a 5-year-old girl who died 2,000 years ago in Egypt.

Starving a childhood brain tumor of the amino acid glutamine could improve the effect of chemotherapy, according to an early study.

(American University) In physics, the conundrum known as the 'few-body problem,' how three or more interacting particles behave, has bedeviled scientists for centuries. Equations that describe the physics of few-body sys...

Many Americans consume too much salt. Now scientists report that people who can easily taste salt have differing amounts of certain proteins in their saliva than those who are less sensitive. The finding could help expla...

Electronic-skin technologies for prosthetics and robots can detect the slightest touch or breeze. But oddly, the sensors that make this possible do not respond effectively to a harmful blow. Now researchers report the de...

Many people who smoke or chew tobacco can't seem to escape nicotine's addictive properties. Studies show that women in particular seem to have a harder time quitting, even with assistance, when compared to men. Now, scie...

More than 10 percent of people who had never taken opioids prior to curative-intent surgery for cancer continued to take the drugs three to six months later. The risk is even greater for those who are treated with chemot...

A new study has found that a pioneering device to repair heart valves is safe and effective, and can reduce the invasiveness and side effects of conventional mitral valve surgery. The Harpoon Mitral Valve Repair System i...

A new study has linked structural damage in the white matter of the brain to chronic musculoskeletal pain in Gulf War veterans.

Heart disease and fatty clogs in the arteries go hand in hand. But new evidence suggests the fatty molecules might come not only from what you eat, but from the bacteria in your mouth, scientists report. The research may...

Researchers have uncovered genetic clues to why tumors resist a specific therapy used for treating advanced prostate cancer.

When Lisa Tran set out to investigate patterns in liquid crystals, she didn't know what to expect. When she first looked through the microscope, she saw dancing iridescent spheres with fingerprint-like patterns etched in...

Antibiotics can influence the swimming and swarming ability of multidrug-resistant bacteria, according to a new study. The study, conducted using multidrug-resistant Salmonella, explored how antibiotics may modulate Salm...

Researchers describe two types of GGAA-microsatellites and their roles in EWS/FLI binding and gene regulation in Ewing sarcoma. Ewing sarcoma is the second most common pediatric bone malignancy. It is initiated by chromo...

Women with a history of infertility have a 10 percent increased risk of death compared to those without reported infertility struggles, according to results of a new study. The study, which examined the association betwe...

The world's forests are being criss-crossed by roads and clearings, and as a result many backboned animals are becoming less abundant

Half the dollars spent on health care in America have something to do with a surgical procedure -- including post-surgery care to fix problems that could have been prevented. A new model for making surgery safer, and avo...

Physicists from Brown University have devised a new strategy for directly detecting dark matter, the elusive material thought to account for the majority of matter in the universe.

A new article spells out why children and teens are particularly sensitive to the sleep-disrupting impact of electronics.

One little understood paradox in the study of obesity is that overweight people who break down fat at a high rate are less healthy than peers who store their fat more effectively.

A new study suggests that healthcare professionals (HCPs) should heed to their own advice: stay home when sick. Some four in 10 HCPs work while experiencing influenza-like illness.

Healthy people experiencing subtle symptoms observed in psychotic disorders, such as hallucinations and delusions, have altered brain dynamics, according to a new study. The alterations were found in patterns of brain ac...