AI footstep recognition system could be used for airport security
The way you walk and your footsteps could be used as a biometric at airport security instead of fingerprinting and eye-scanning.
Researchers at The University...
People who consume an egg a day could significantly reduce their risk of cardiovascular...
People who consume an egg a day could significantly reduce their risk of cardiovascular diseases compared with eating no eggs, suggests a study carried...
Hundreds of Android devices shipped with pre-installed malware
It is commonly believed that a brand new handset would be free from malware, adware and any malicious software. But, analysts Vojtech Bocek and...
MRI to Diagnose Prostate Cancer
Until recently, most professionals have been skeptical that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could be used on a widespread basis to diagnose or stage prostate...
Tick bite protection: New CDC study adds to the promise of permethrin-treated clothing
The case for permethrin-treated clothing to prevent tick bites keeps getting stronger.
In a series of experiments conducted by researchers at the U.S. Centers for...
Low-fat diet tied to better breast cancer survival
Breast cancer patients who adopted a low-fat diet were more likely to survive for at least a decade after diagnosis, compared to patients who...
Ultra-low-power sensors carrying genetically engineered bacteria can detect gastric bleeding
MIT researchers have built an ingestible sensor equipped with genetically engineered bacteria that can diagnose bleeding in the stomach or other gastrointestinal problems.
This "bacteria-on-a-chip"...
A neuroimaging study reveals brain areas not commonly associated with science learning become active...
Parts of the brain not traditionally associated with learning science become active when people are confronted with solving physics problems, a new study shows.
The...
Tiny Particles Could Help Fight Brain Cancer
Glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain tumor, is one of the most difficult-to-treat cancers.
Only a handful of drugs are approved to treat glioblastoma,...
Researchers shed light on how sleep spindles help secure memory storage and reactivation
Leading theories propose that sleep presents an opportune time for important, new memories to become stabilized.
And it’s long been known which brain waves...
Mutations in LRRK2 leads to dysfunctional auxilin and impaired synaptic vesicle endocytosis in Parkinson’s...
Northwestern Medicine scientists identified a cellular mechanism that leads to neurodegeneration in patients with Parkinson’s disease, according to a study published in Proceedings of the...
Z-Wave Downgrade Attack Left Over 100 Million IoT Devices Open to Hackers
Researchers have found that even after having an advanced encryption scheme in place, more than 100 million Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices from thousands of vendors...
TeenSafe : monitoring app exposes plaintext Apple ID passwords of its users
A popular teen monitoring app has become a victim of a data breach in which plaintext Apple ID passwords are believed to have been compromised.
Dubbed as TeenSafe,...
How to Download All the Data Apple Collects About You
Apple is making it easier for its users to download their data the company has collected about them so far.
On Wednesday, Apple just launched...
Widely used e-cigarette flavoring impairs lung function May 23, 2018, American Thoracic Society
A new study has found that a common e-cigarette flavoring that has chemical characteristics similar to toxic chemicals found in cigarette smoke disrupts an...
