Health Sciences and Technology News

Imagine being able to detect in just a few minutes whether someone is infected with a virus. This has now become a reality, thanks to a new ultra-sensitive detector.

Triage technology comes with a Star Trek twist, at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate (DHS S&T).

The Walk n Play app allows players to compete in real time with another iPhone user or against a simulator as they go about their daily walking.

Researchers have found that participants who drank for a week from polycarbonate bottles -- the popular, hard-plastic drinking bottles and baby bottles -- showed a two-thirds increase in their urine of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA).

Some people say they never forget a face, a claim made by researchers who've discovered a group they call "super-recognizers": those who can easily recognize someone they met in passing, even many years later.

Promises to one day allow drug delivery to be tailored to an individual patient and a particular cancer tumor.

For bacteria in wastewater treatment plants, the stars align perfectly to create a hedonistic mating ground for antibiotic-resistant superbugs eventually discharged into streams and lakes.

The Nigerian medicine is produced from the extract of Rauvolfia Vomitoria leaves and the fruit of Citrus aurantium. Scientists have recently tested the tea on patients with type-2 diabetes and the results are promising.

It has long been known that heat is an effective weapon against tumor cells. However, it's difficult to heat patients' tumors without damaging nearby tissues.

Researchers are developing a less invasive way to remove tissue using focused pulses of ultrasound.