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Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Space travel in a reduced gravity environment can have lasting effects on the body. For example, researches clearly show that...

A simple, linear robot is easy to control. With known goals and a clear understanding of variables, a controller tells the robot the rules to...

Personal technology such as fitness trackers and smartphones that record users' daily activities are likely to be used increasingly in criminal investigations, raising questions about...

Credit: NSRC For members of the established research and education (R&E) networking community, attending conferences or sitting in on workshop sessions is the normal way...

Chemotherapy and anti-nausea pills; Advil and multivitamins; blood pressure medication and anti-depressants - drugs can be combined in endless ways. Add in treatments such as...

WASHINGTON, DC (January 10, 2017)--About 25 percent of children and more than 41 percent of adults in the United States reported consuming foods and beverages...

1. Breast cancer screening associated with substantial overdiagnosis in Danish study Screening was not associated with a reduction in advanced tumors Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10...

In this issue, the National Commission on Prevention Priorities publishes a much anticipated update to its 2006 ranking of clinical preventive services. The report uses...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- As some national guidelines now recommend against routine prostate cancer screening, the overall rate of men receiving treatment for the disease...

Credit: Monash University A landmark study, led by Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute with the involvement of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, has revealed the...

Credit: Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, NY - Research has shown that internet addicts do not always feel guilty about their usage, and in many cases, they...

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 9, 2017) - Cell powerhouses are typically long and lean, but with brain injury such as stroke or trauma,...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - When anthropologists of the future find our fossilized teeth, what will they be able to conclude about our lives? Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg has...

Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed a new computational model of a neural circuit in the brain, which could shed...

Credit: Brent Adrian, Senior Research Associate, Midwestern University The human appendix, a narrow pouch that projects off the cecum in the digestive system, has a...