medicine
Novel food processing tech promises to lower sodium content without reducing flavor intensity.
The National Institutes of Health hopes synthetic biology can engineer vaccines that outperform nature.
Hospitals are running out of critical face masks as civilians are panic-buying medical supplies en masse amidst the coronavirus global pandemic.
Can the American government stop coronavirus spread? Its past actions speak volumes.
These are the top advances in technology that will impact the world in the coming decade.
Vaccines have done their job so well that anti-vax parents have forgotten the horror of contagious disease.
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There are many different ways of helping people in extreme poverty. Philosopher Peter Singer explains how you can do it.
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A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill some antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Budget cuts to pandemic preparedness put us all at risk.
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The CDC estimates that more than 210,000 people in the U.S. have been hospitalized by the flu this season.
A new study finds it may take decades or even a whole lifetime to appear.
A new study reminds us that physical and emotional pain are not far apart.
Numerous drugs designed to treat diabetes, arthritis, and other conditions may actually have secret anti-cancer properties as well.
Today, a quickly emerging set of technologies known as bioprinting is poised to push the boundaries further.
Georgia State University researchers have created a novel nanoparticle vaccine.
Is feeling wretched actually helpful?
A 2020 space mission wants to use zero gravity to disable some of the hardest cancers to fight.
Long-lasting capsule can remain in the stomach and release contraceptive drugs over several weeks.
Superpowerful lasers for next-generation technologies are closer to existence.
Here's how a pear-sized tumor on Jeannie Gaffigan's brain stem became an unexpected comedy gold mine.
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The move reflects a broader nationwide effort to lower prices of the life-saving drug.
Bill Bryson's new book, "The Body: A Guide For Occupants," provides important (and funny) lessons in anatomy, neuroscience, physiology, biology, and more.
Doctors put a human into suspended animation for the first time ever.
The German island of Riems is home to some of the most dangerous virology research on the planet.
Could this be the beginning of the end of insulin injections?
How an off-the-radar Nobel Prize brings us ever nearer to finding a major cure.
Three scientist friends, working separately, share the prestigious prize.
Artificial intelligence has proven equal and even better than humans in making some diagnoses.
The system could help with diagnosing and treating patients that cannot communicate.