Health
Can Eagle-Eyed Artificial Intelligence Help Prevent Children From Going Blind?
Deep learning pinpoints cataracts more accurately than humans, and could help prevent this form of vision loss in children
This Spit-Powered Biobattery Is Made From a Single Sheet of Paper
Researchers at Binghamton University are developing inexpensive paper biobatteries to power simple sensors that monitor things like blood sugar
Human-Pig Chimeras Created for the First Time
The hybrid embryos are the first step in interspecies organ transplants
This Handheld Ultrasound Scanner Could Be the Next Stethoscope
Clarius co-founder and CEO Laurent Pelissier believes the affordable, wireless device could revolutionize health care
Robo-Dermatologist Diagnoses Skin Cancer With Expert Accuracy
A neural network can recognize and categorize skin lesions as well as MDs and may lead to a cancer-screening mobile app
This Soft Exosuit Could Help People Walk Farther, Easier
Researchers at Harvard are developing an energy-saving supersuit that you might just wear one day
More Women Die of Cervical Cancer Than Previously Thought
Past studies significantly underestimated cervical cancer deaths—and racial disparities
This App Uses Facial Recognition Software to Help Identify Genetic Conditions
A geneticist uploads a photo of a patient’s face, and Face2Gene gathers data and generates a list of possible syndromes
Why Food Experts Are Warning Not to Burn Your Toast
Is it time to bid brown toast farewell?
Ötzi the Iceman's Last Meal Included Goat Bacon
Analysis of the 5,300-year-old mummy's stomach contents shows he ate dry-cured meat from a mountain ibex
A California Startup Wants To Revolutionize Surgery, With Magnets
A new magnetic surgical system allows surgeons to make fewer incisions and have better views during gallbladder removals
What If an App Could Tell You When You're Getting Sick?
A Stanford geneticist may be onto something. Body data collected by smartwatches and other sensors can tip us off to brewing colds or infections
Have Scientists Found a Way to Actually Reduce the Effects of Aging?
Researchers at the Salk Institute in California have successfully induced cells to behave like younger cells
Remains From 800-Year-Old "Trojan Woman" Record Early Maternal Infection
Bacterial nodes on the skeleton and DNA from her fetus show the woman likely died from an infection of her placenta
Turmeric May Be Tasty, But It’s Not a Cure-All
New study shoots down the trendy “remedy”
How a Children's Toy Could Help Fight Malaria
A 20-cent whirligig-like centrifuge could help doctors in remote regions diagnose disease
Could Flickering Lights Help Treat Alzheimer’s?
A flashy MIT study changes perspective on the disease
These Blind Mice Just Got a Vision Boost Thanks to a New Transplant Technique. Could Blind Humans Be Next?
Transplanting an entire piece of retinal tissue into the eyes of blind mice appears to work better than just transplanting cells
People Have Tried to Make U.S. Cigarette Warning Labels More Graphic for Decades
On this day in 1964, the surgeon general officially said that smoking causes cancer. But warning labels in America still don't show its effects
Tear Your Meniscus? This “Living Bandage” May Help
British researchers are using a newly patented technique involving stem cells to repair the common knee injury
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