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Imagine playing the tiniest game of checkers, where the pieces are atoms and lasers move them around a tiny board. That’s not ...

Professor Yugeesh Lankadeva, who led the research, said the findings shine new light on a long-standing medical mystery. “We ...

A new wearable device powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is making it easier for blind and partially sighted people to ...

The scientists studied 60 genes in the fruit flies that they believed might play a role in Alzheimer’s. Out of those, 46 ...

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Scientists at Boston Medical Center have discovered a surprising connection between gallstones and a deadly type of cancer ...

When pancreatic tissue becomes inflamed, it creates a favorable environment for cancer to develop and spread. In fact, ...

A recent European study has raised concerns about a popular drug used to treat high blood pressure—nifedipine—after finding ...

Recognizing the signs of a mini-stroke is very important. Even though symptoms may go away quickly, they should never be ...

A recent study by researchers at Rutgers University and Columbia University has found a serious link between certain mental ...

When the researchers looked at human data, they found the same trend. Men who had lost more Y chromosomes were more likely to ...