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Optical Illusion Gives Insight Into How We Perceive the World
When you look at the two images below, what do you see? Maybe you see two ducks, sitting side by side. Perhaps instead you...
A new tactic for eczema? A newly identified brake on the allergic attack
Eczema affects about 17 percent of children in developed countries and is often the gateway to food allergy and asthma, initiating an "atopic march"...
One-off PSA screening for prostate cancer does not save lives
Inviting men with no symptoms to a one-off PSA test for prostate cancer does not save lives according to results from the largest ever...
Bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic, missed by standard tests
Emory microbiologists have detected "heteroresistance" to colistin, a last-resort antibiotic, in already highly resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, a bacterium that causes blood, soft tissue and...
Researchers uncover culprit in Parkinson’s brain cell die-off
An estimated 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson's disease—an incurable neurodegenerative disorder that leads to an increasing loss of motor control.
If we...
Indonesia blocks online-blogging site Tumblr over porn
The government of the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation blocked Tumblr on Monday, saying the New York-based company had not replied to its February...
Netherlands : 17 students have a tropical parasitic disease
At a university hospital in the Netherlands, 17 students have a tropical parasitic disease.
But these individuals aren't travelers who recently returned from parts of...
New gene therapy corrects a form of inherited macular degeneration in canine model
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have developed a gene therapy that successfully treats a form of macular degeneration in a canine model.
The work...
Researchers pinpoint gene responsible for neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism
A study led by researchers at McMaster University has pinpointed a gene that is responsible for neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism.
Researchers found alterations of the...
Seeing sounds: Researchers uncover molecular clues for synesthesia
One in 25 people have synesthesia, in which an experience involving one sense is associated with perception in another sense—for example, seeing colors when...
See those skiing contenders? They are robots
Robots can pick objects off shelves in a warehouse; robots can trek on mixed terrain in war zones; robots can mix drinks and make...
Big switch: Electric cars put China on automobile map
The rise of electric cars heralds not only a major technology switch but also promises massive disruption to today's auto giants as Tesla and...
Modified, 3D-printable alloy shows promise for flexible electronics, soft robots
Researchers in Oregon State University's College of Engineering have taken a key step toward the rapid manufacture of flexible computer screens and other stretchable...
Researchers find algorithm for large-scale brain simulations
An international group of researchers has made a decisive step towards creating the technology to achieve simulations of brain-scale networks on future supercomputers of...
DARPA Wants to Freeze Soldiers on the Battlefield
When troops are injured on the battlefield, time is of the essence:
How long it takes service members to receive medical care is often the...
