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New AI Tool May Help Stop Office Pain Before It Begins

Many people believe office jobs are safe because they do not involve heavy lifting, yet millions of office employees develop ongoing pain in their...

Protecting Your Heart Now Also Means Protecting Yourself from the Environment

Heart health is influenced by much more than cholesterol and blood pressure. According to experts from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, everyday environmental conditions such as...

Can Going to Museums and Movies Help You Age More Slowly?

Many people think healthy aging depends only on eating well, exercising, and taking the right medicines. While these habits are certainly important, scientists are discovering...

Can Ear Stimulation Help Manage Chronic Migraine Headaches?

Living with chronic migraine can be exhausting. People with this condition may experience severe headaches on many days each month, often together with nausea,...

Smart thin-film electronics can lock together without human help

Scientists in Japan have developed prototype flexible electronic modules that can automatically connect to and disconnect from one another, bringing researchers a step closer...

Scientists unlock a simpler way to control quantum states one molecule at a time

Quantum technology could one day revolutionize computing, communications and sensing by solving problems that are impossible for today's computers. However, one of the biggest challenges...

Ultra-thin magnesium oxide coating could unlock safer, longer-lasting solid-state batteries

A coating so thin that it is around 100,000 times thinner than a human hair could help solve one of the biggest challenges facing...

Why plug-in hybrid cars often use more fuel than drivers expect

Plug-in hybrid vehicles are designed to combine the benefits of electric driving with the convenience of a gasoline engine for longer journeys. They can travel...

Nearby Earth-like planet may have a rare atmosphere, giving us new hope

A rocky planet about 40 light-years from Earth may have something that scientists have struggled to find on similar worlds—a lasting atmosphere. The planet, called...

Diabetes Is Changing the Face of Kidney Disease, Scientists Warn

The kidneys quietly perform some of the body's most important jobs every minute of every day. They clean the blood, remove waste into urine, balance...

Heart Failure Drugs Could Reduce Cancer Treatment Heart Damage

Modern cancer treatments have greatly improved survival, but they can sometimes harm the heart. Certain chemotherapy drugs and other anticancer medicines may weaken the heart...

Scientists Turn Oysters into Promising Anti-Inflammatory Drug

Inflammation is the body's natural defense against infection and injury, but when it continues for months or years it can contribute to many serious...

A Powerful New Way to Fight Pancreatic Cancer

For decades, pancreatic cancer has been one of medicine's greatest challenges. It often grows silently, causing only vague symptoms such as stomach discomfort, weight...

A 10-Second Heart Test May Foresee Future Stroke Risk

Artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly powerful tool in medicine, helping doctors detect disease earlier and make better treatment decisions. Researchers have now created an...

Urea Buildup May Hold the Key to Deadly Brain Diseases

Scientists have discovered another clue that may help explain why some of the world's most serious brain diseases develop. A research team from the University...

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Astronomers discover four dead stars in our cosmic neighborhood

Astronomers have uncovered four previously hidden white dwarfs surprisingly close to Earth, revealing that even our own corner of the galaxy still holds major...

Chemistry reveals the origins of an interstellar comet

Somewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy is an old star that has lost one of its comets. By some quirk of orbital mechanics, that frozen...

Scientists recreate a black hole energy trick in the lab without anything spinning

More than 50 years ago, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Sir Roger Penrose proposed an extraordinary idea. He suggested that it might be possible to extract energy...

Scientists discover mild warming rewires one-third of microalgae genes

Tiny microalgae may be invisible to the human eye, but they play a huge role in keeping Earth healthy. They absorb large amounts of carbon...

New water sensors may help stop fish die-offs before they begin

New technology could soon help protect fish farmers around Africa's largest lake by providing early warnings before dangerous water conditions lead to mass fish...