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A Simple Breathing Habit May Help Reduce Addiction Cravings

People trying to quit smoking, reduce alcohol use or overcome drug addiction often face intense cravings that make recovery difficult. A new review suggests that...

Could Cutting Sugar Early in Life Prevent Dementia?

A baby's diet before birth and during the first two years of life may influence brain health many decades later, according to new research...

Daily Multivitamin May Help Older Adults Stay Active, Large Study Suggests

As people grow older, staying healthy is not only about living longer. It is also about being able to walk, climb stairs, get dressed,...

Simple Vacuum Tool Could Help Investigators Trace the Source of a Nuclear Attack

Scientists at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have developed a simple but important new tool that could make it much safer and faster to collect...

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...

Why Monkeys Befriend Dogs, Deer and Other Animals

Why do humans enjoy keeping pets? A new international study suggests that the answer may reach much further back in evolution than scientists once believed. Researchers...

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...

New Robot Uses Liquid Nitrogen to Extinguish Wildfires Without Harmful Chemicals

A professor at Northeastern University has developed a unique firefighting robot that uses liquid nitrogen instead of chemical fire retardants to extinguish flames. The technology...

New Spray-On Coating Helps Air Filters Capture More Pollution and Last Nearly Twice as...

Air filters play a vital role in keeping the air we breathe clean. They are used in homes, offices, hospitals, factories, cars and many other...

New Wood-Based Foam Could Replace Plastic Insulation In Coolers

A graduate student at the University of Maine has developed a new type of wood-based foam that could one day replace the plastic insulation...

James Webb Telescope Finds Powerful Wind That Can Kill Entire Galaxies

Astronomers have discovered a powerful "galaxy-killing wind" that may explain one of the biggest mysteries about the early universe: why so many massive galaxies...

Eating 30 Plants a Day May Beat Probiotics for Better Gut Health

Scientists are learning that feeding the trillions of microbes living in our gut may be more important than simply adding a probiotic pill. A new...

Healthy Teeth May Predict Longer Survival in Pancreatic Cancer

Good oral health does more than protect teeth and gums. Scientists have discovered that the condition of the mouth is closely linked to many...

Many People Need Better Blood Pressure Treatment, Study Finds

High blood pressure is one of the leading causes of heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease and early death around the world. Many people do not...

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1.4-Million-Year-Old Footprints Reveal Giant Human Relative and Surprising Social Life

A remarkable set of fossil footprints discovered in Kenya is giving scientists a rare look at how one of humanity's ancient relatives lived more...

A Black Hole Lost in Space? Astronomers Discover One of the Rarest Cosmic Events...

Astronomers have discovered one of the rarest black hole events ever observed, revealing a massive "wandering" black hole far from the center of its...

1789 Smallpox Epidemic May Have Killed Up to 220,000 Indigenous Australians, Study Finds

A new study has used computer modeling to provide one of the clearest pictures yet of the devastating smallpox epidemic that struck Indigenous Australians...

New Nuclear Battery Could Deliver Power for More Than 50 Years Without Recharging

Imagine a tiny power source that can keep working for more than 50 years without ever needing to be recharged or replaced. Researchers in South...

Dead stars may be eating far more than we ever imagined

White dwarfs are often called "dead stars," but new research suggests these ancient stellar remains are far from inactive. Instead, they may still be pulling...