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Yo-Yo dieting could quietly harm your muscles, study suggests
Losing weight is often seen as a success, but what happens if the weight keeps coming back?
A new study suggests that repeated cycles of...
Low-cost aspirin matches complex blood clot treatment after joint surgery
Every year, millions of people undergo hip or knee replacement surgery to relieve pain caused by arthritis and other joint diseases.
One of the biggest...
Why People with Alzheimer’s Lose Sleep So Early
Researchers have identified what may be an unexpected cause of the severe sleep problems that affect many people with Alzheimer's disease.
Their study suggests that...
Wildfire Smoke and Extreme Heat Create a Dangerous Threat to Your Heart
Wildfire smoke and extreme summer heat are becoming more common in many parts of the world. When these two dangers happen at the same...
Scientists create 3D-printable material that behaves like human tissue
Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a remarkable new 3D-printable material that behaves much like human tissue.
The material can sort...
Exercise Still Benefit People with Hip Arthritis, Study Shows
Hip osteoarthritis is one of the most common causes of long-lasting pain and reduced movement in older adults.
The condition develops when the protective cartilage...
Scientists develop tiny device that controls light without moving parts
As the world's demand for faster internet and more powerful computing continues to grow, scientists are looking for new ways to send larger amounts...
Scientists develop a new way to search for hidden particles by ‘listening’ to the...
Scientists have created a new mathematical method that could help reveal hidden particles that have so far escaped detection.
Inspired by the way a skilled...
Computer-designed photonic chips shrink key components by 500 times
A team of scientists has developed a new way to design photonic microchips that could make future computers, artificial intelligence systems, and communication networks...
Venus May Still Be Geologically Active, New Study Suggests
For many years, scientists believed that Venus was a quiet, geologically inactive world where major surface changes stopped long ago.
New research now challenges that...
A Surprising Link Between Gut Health and Breast Cancer Spread
Breast cancer is most treatable before it spreads beyond the breast. Once cancer cells travel to distant organs such as the lungs, bones, or...
Could Cold Sore Viruses Play a Role in Alzheimer’s?
Cold sores are usually seen as a minor annoyance, but could viruses related to cold sores have effects that last for decades?
According to new...
Common ED Drug Shows Promise Against Cancer Spread
A medicine famous for treating erectile dysfunction may also help fight one of cancer's deadliest features.
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science report that...
How Alzheimer’s Disease May Move Through the Brain
Doctors have long known that Alzheimer's disease spreads through the brain over many years, but exactly how this happens has remained a mystery.
The illness...
How Pollution May Make Bladder Cancer More Aggressive
Air pollution has long been linked to diseases of the lungs and heart, but scientists are discovering that its effects reach much further.
Tiny particles...
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Scientists create tiny chip that could model the brain in under 10 milliseconds
Researchers have developed a tiny computer chip that can model brain activity at speeds close to those of the human brain itself.
The breakthrough could...
Scientists create tiny water-powered motor that spins without electricity or magnets
Scientists have discovered a surprisingly simple way to make tiny objects spin without using electricity, magnets, chemicals or even direct contact.
Instead, the new technique...
NASA’s Juno discovers hidden heat beneath Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io
NASA's Juno spacecraft has achieved something never done before by measuring temperatures beneath the surface of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io.
The new observations reveal that...
Ancient Monsoons Created a Spectacular Dinosaur Fossil Site
Around 80 million years ago, a stretch of tropical coastline in what is now northeastern Italy was lashed by monsoon rains and tropical cyclones.
Those...
The Milky Way flipped its disk billions of years ago
The Milky Way is ancient, and its first stars formed shortly after the Big Bang. It's been through a lot in its long life,...