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A Bandage-Sized Device Could Let Doctors Listen to Your Heart From Miles Away

Imagine wearing a small patch on your chest that quietly listens to your heart and lungs throughout the day. Instead of waiting for a doctor's...

Why This Diabetes Drug Could Help Your Body Age More Slowly

For decades, researchers have searched for ways to slow the biological processes that contribute to aging. While healthy habits such as exercise, nutritious diets, and...

Cows vs Plants: Which milk is better?

The debate over whether cow's milk or plant-based alternatives are healthier has become increasingly common in recent years. Supermarket shelves are now filled with drinks...

A Strong Link Between Ultraprocessed Grains and Digestive Disease

Over the past few decades, inflammatory bowel disease has become increasingly common in many parts of the world. Conditions such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative...

A Stronger Flu Vaccine Could Offer Better Protection for Older People

For many people, the flu is an unpleasant but temporary illness. A few days of fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, and fatigue are...

Continuous Glucose Monitors Could Benefit These Diabetes Patients

Managing type 2 diabetes can be a daily challenge. People often need to balance medications, diet, physical activity, stress levels, and regular blood sugar...

The Universe is Still Running Away From Us

Here's one of the most unsettling facts in all of science. The universe is not just expanding, it’s expanding faster and faster. Every galaxy is...

Scientists use a single flash of light to rewrite magnetic memory 1,000 times faster

As artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and online services continue to grow, the demand for faster and more energy-efficient computer hardware is rising rapidly. Now, researchers...

Scientists use light echoes to hunt dark matter around giant black holes

Dark matter remains one of the biggest mysteries in science. Scientists cannot see it directly, yet they believe it makes up most of the matter...

Scientists create a tiny sensor that can detect invisible gas leaks with extraordinary precision

Researchers in Germany have developed a new gas-sensing technology that could make it much easier and less expensive to detect tiny amounts of gases...

New lithium extraction method achieves 95% recovery with almost no freshwater

As demand for electric vehicles, smartphones, and renewable energy storage continues to grow, so does the need for lithium, a key ingredient in modern...

Could Highly Processed Grains Increase Your Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

Inflammatory bowel disease, often called IBD, is a group of long-term conditions that cause inflammation in the digestive tract. The two main forms are Crohn's...

Why One Flu Shot May Keep More Older People Out of the Hospital

Every year, influenza, commonly known as the flu, affects millions of people around the world. For many people, the illness causes several days of coughing,...

Disrupted metabolism linked to heart failure

The human heart is one of the hardest-working organs in the body. It never takes a day off and requires a continuous supply of...

Could Your Heart Reveal Cancer Risk Years Before Diagnosis?

Doctors have long treated heart disease and cancer as two separate health problems. Heart specialists focus on the cardiovascular system, while cancer specialists focus on...

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New $10 spectrometer chip could turn smartwatches into health monitors

Researchers at the University of Cambridge and startup company GlitterinTech have developed a tiny, low-cost device that could bring powerful chemical sensing capabilities to...

Ancient asteroid impacts may have helped life begin on Earth

A new study suggests that the intense asteroid bombardment that struck the young Earth billions of years ago may have played an important role...

Scientists overcome key barrier to mass-producing ultra-thin semiconductors

Scientists have developed a new way to manufacture ultra-thin semiconductors that could help power the next generation of computers, smartphones, and other electronic devices. Researchers...

New pilot plant can transform hard-to-recycle plastic waste into useful oil

A team of researchers at the University of Amsterdam has developed a new way to recycle mixed plastic waste that could help reduce the...

Many alien planets may be giant soot factories, scientists discover

When astronauts photograph Earth from space, they capture stunning views of blue oceans, white clouds, and green continents. But according to a new study, our...