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A simple blood test can tell who is most likely to live longer
As people grow older, doctors often find it difficult to predict who will remain healthy and independent and who may face serious health problems...
Why shoulder scans may not explain your pain
Shoulder pain is one of the most common reasons people visit a doctor for muscle and joint problems. It can make everyday activities such...
A troubling forecast on women’s heart health – and what women and girls can...
A new forecast on women’s heart health offers many causes for concern – but also highlights how women can take charge of their future,...
How long do civilizations last
It is one of the most famous questions in science, and it was asked, as legend has it, over lunch.
Enrico Fermi, the physicist who...
Why breakthrough solar cells often fail to reach your roof
Many new energy technologies look impressive in the laboratory but never become real products.
Solar cells are a clear example. Scientists can achieve record performance...
Scientists discover how to block noise without blocking airflow
Designing spaces that are both well ventilated and quiet has always been difficult.
Openings that allow fresh air to circulate—such as vents and ducts—also let...
MIT’s new AI turns creative 3D designs into objects that won’t break
Generative artificial intelligence can produce amazing designs for objects such as decorations, furniture, and accessories.
With a simple text prompt, AI tools can create detailed...
How an ordinary umbrella can trick and capture autonomous drones
Autonomous drones that can follow people or objects on their own are becoming more common in policing, border security, and surveillance.
These aircraft use camera-based...
Hidden brain signals may cause high blood pressure, study finds
High blood pressure is often called a silent killer because many people do not feel sick even when their numbers are dangerously high. Doctors...
Could too much of this common nutrient shorten men’s lives?
Scientists have discovered a surprising link between a common nutrient in our food and how long men may live. The nutrient is called tyrosine,...
Seaweed compounds may help control high blood pressure, study finds
For millions of years, seaweeds and tinyeConfig microscopic organisms have survived under harsh sunlight in shallow waters where ultraviolet rays are intense. Unlike humans,...
His heart stopped on a Florida island. An ER doctor, nurse and Navy veteran...
Bruce and Tiffany Brown decided to get away for a few days late last June. They drove three hours from their home near Tampa,...
New blood test could reveal hidden alcohol damage in fatty liver disease
Fatty liver disease is now one of the most common liver conditions in the world, affecting nearly one in three adults. It happens when...
Scientists discover a hidden link between type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure
A major new study has found that type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure are connected in ways scientists did not fully understand before....
After losing his daughter to cardiac arrest at 18, dad vowed to bring CPR/AED...
Lauren Laman had been dancing since she was a child. As a high school senior in St. Charles, Illinois, she was on the dance...
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Scientists find one of the smallest dinosaurs ever found in South America
Scientists have discovered a remarkably complete fossil of a tiny dinosaur that is helping to solve a long-standing puzzle about a strange group of...
Stunning new image reveals hidden gas “rivers” at the heart of the Milky Way
Astronomers have captured the most detailed view ever of the center of our Milky Way galaxy, revealing a tangled web of cold gas filaments...
Iron age mass grave reveals targeted killing of women and children in Europe
Archaeologists have uncovered chilling evidence of a large-scale massacre from about 2,800 years ago in what is now northern Serbia.
The discovery, made at the...
Hair-thin LEDs could one day replace lasers in data centers and displays
Tiny light sources no wider than a human hair may soon change how information is transmitted and how screens are built.
Researchers at the University...
How giant galaxies could form just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang
When the venerable Hubble Space Telescope made its Deep Fields studies of the early Universe, it discovered something that would puzzle astronomers to this...