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Why Keeping the Same Daily Schedule May Help You Age Better

Many people believe good health depends mainly on healthy food, exercise, and enough sleep. While these habits are certainly important, researchers are learning that another...

Three Serious Hip Problems Often Mistaken for Arthritis

Hip pain is one of the most common reasons adults visit an orthopedic specialist. Many people immediately assume arthritis is responsible, but researchers from Yale...

Millions More People May Need High Blood Pressure Treatment Under New Guideline

A major new analysis suggests that many people with high blood pressure may not be receiving treatment even though they meet the latest medical...

New System Turns Dirty Factory CO₂ Directly into Fuel Ingredient Without Costly Cleanup

An international team of researchers has developed a new way to convert carbon dioxide (CO₂) from factory exhaust directly into a valuable fuel ingredient...

Scientists Turn an Insulating Metal Oxide into a High-Performance Semiconductor

Semiconductors are at the heart of modern technology, powering everything from smartphones and computers to solar panels and electric vehicles. However, the range of materials...

New Heat Pump Turns Factory Waste Heat Into Cooling, Cutting Electricity Use

Researchers in South Korea have developed a new type of heat pump that can turn low-temperature waste heat from factories and data centers into...

Hidden Toxic Metals Found in City Road Dust, New Study Warns

Dust blowing through city streets may seem harmless, but new research suggests it can contain hidden metals left behind by decades of human activity. While...

Engineers Solve a Key Problem Holding Back Bird-Inspired Flying Robots

Tiny flying robots that flap their wings like birds and insects could one day inspect damaged buildings, explore tight spaces and assist in search-and-rescue...

Scientists Solve a 130-Year Mystery About Conscious Awareness

Have you ever arrived home after a familiar drive and realized you barely remember the journey? Or searched for an item only to discover you...

Scientists Detect Possible Signs That Pluto’s Atmosphere Is Freezing Out

Scientists may have detected the first signs that Pluto's thin atmosphere is beginning to collapse as the dwarf planet slowly travels farther from the...

Scientists Develop Safer Ultra-Fast Charging Battery That Prevents Dangerous Lithium Plating

A new battery design strategy developed by researchers in South Korea could help solve one of the biggest challenges facing electric vehicles: how to...

New Steam Drying Technology Could Cut Industrial Energy Use by Up to 80%

A new drying technology developed by researchers in Germany could dramatically reduce the amount of energy used in industry while helping companies switch from...

Premature Menopause Linked to Higher Blood Pressure Risk in Women

A woman's age at menopause may provide important clues about her future heart health, according to a major new study published in Menopause. Scientists found...

Why Irregular Heartbeat Start After Heart Attacks

A heart attack leaves more than emotional scars. It also leaves physical scars inside the heart that can change the way the heart beats...

Kidney Disease May Raise the Risk of Vision Loss

People with chronic kidney disease may have a higher chance of developing age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, according to a large review of previous...

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Ancient Cosmic Crash May Explain Neptune’s Strange Inner Moons

Neptune’s small inner moons may actually be the broken remains of a much older family of icy worlds that were destroyed billions of years...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Vast Honeycomb Landscape on Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered a remarkable landscape on Mars unlike anything it has seen before. While exploring a valley known as "Valle Grande," the...

Why Better Batteries Take So Long to Develop

Lithium-ion batteries have powered our phones, laptops and electric vehicles for more than 30 years. They have changed the way we live, but they...

The Asteroid That May Be Three Worlds

What shape is an asteroid? For (44) Nysa, the honest answer until now has been that nobody knew. It is one of the brightest and...

New Hybrid Battery Binder Could Help Electric Cars Go Farther and Last Longer

A team of researchers has developed a new battery material that could help electric vehicles travel farther on a single charge while also extending...