Health Sciences and Technology News

The search for a rapid, non-invasive way to determine whether people have been exposed to toxic substances in their workplaces, homes and elsewhere in the environment has led scientists to a technology that literally takes a person's breath away

As anyone familiar with the phrase 'man-flu' will know women consider themselves to be the more robust side of the species when it comes to health and illness.

People may be learning while they're sleeping -- an unconscious form of memory that is still not well understood, according to a study by Michigan State University researchers

Engineers at Harvard have created a device that may make it easier to isolate and study tiny particles such as viruses

Biologists have identified more than 70 genes that play a role in regenerating nerves after injury, providing biomedical researchers with a valuable set of genetic leads for use in developing therapies to repair spinal cord injuries and other common kind

Though considered a mark of boredom or fatigue, yawning might also be a trait of the hot-headed. Literally.

Gamers have solved the structure of a retrovirus enzyme whose configuration had stumped scientists for more than a decade. The gamers achieved their discovery by playing Foldit, an online game that allows players to collaborate and compete in predicting t

The potato's stereotype as a fattening food for health-conscious folks to avoid is getting another revision as scientists report that just a couple servings of spuds a day reduces blood pressure almost as much as oatmeal without causing weight gain

A team of German and Canadian scientists has shown that today's plague pathogen has been around at least 600 years

Researchers have found that molecular mechanisms controlling free radicals -- molecules tied to aging and tissue damage -- are at the heart of increased appetite in diet-induced obesity