System could let thousands of researchers contribute to data analysis projects

Researchers have developed a new collaboration tool, dubbed FeatureHub, intended to make feature identification more efficient…

Long-term use of drugs to curb acid reflux linked to doubling in stomach cancer risk

The long-term use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a class of drugs commonly used to treat…

Aliens may be more like us than we think

For the first time, researchers show how evolutionary theory can be used to support alien predictions…

New blood test developed to diagnose ovarian cancer

Investigators are leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to develop a new technique to detect ovarian…

Radon on the radar

Researchers have known for decades that exposure to radon may cause lung cancer, and that North…

Traffic signal countdown timers lead to improved driver responses

Countdown timers that let motorists know when a traffic light will go from green to yellow…

Mini-microscopes reveal brain circuitry behind social behavior

A microscope lens implanted deep inside a mouse's brain shows different patterns of neural activity when…

Young bats learn bat ‘dialects’ from their nestmates

Young bats adopt a specific 'dialect' spoken by their own colonies, even when this dialect differs…

Why do some head knocks cause more damage than others?

Veteran sailors know that rogue waves can rise suddenly in mid-ocean to capsize even the largest…

Humans don’t use as much brainpower as we like to think

When it comes to brainpower, humans aren't as exceptional as we like to think. For years,…