On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a ...

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can cause certain types of cancer or autoimmune diseases, but how the body controls this common viral infection is largely unknown. Researchers at the University Hospital ...

Though it might feel great to finish a workout and see "calories burned" pop up on your smartwatch, that number is often surprisingly inaccurate, with estimated error rates of 30%–80%. The watch's ...

When villagers exploring Petralona Cave in Greece stumbled on a human-like skull in 1960, they found it literally trapped in the cave wall, fused to the rock by thick calcite. The cranium was ...

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SAN DIEGO — For the past week, academics, startup founders and researchers representing industrial titans from around the globe descended on sunny San Diego for the top gathering in the field of ...

Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, have developed a breakthrough method for quantitative imaging of ATP levels inside living cells. The study, published ...

Have you ever wondered how a robot navigates a cluttered room or how a drone maintains its altitude with pinpoint accuracy? The secret lies in the tools used to measure distance, an often-overlooked ...

Pain is hard to measure. One person’s “ouch” is another’s agony. Now, scientists say they’ve found a better way of assessing pain: putting a price on it. By translating pain into dollars, they’ve ...

Discrepancies are more pronounced at elevated blood pressure levels. HealthDay News — Differences across blood pressure (BP) measurement methods show clinically important variance in readings, ...

1. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, estimated blood pressure was found to vary significantly between different methods, such as home, ambulatory, and office measurement. 2. Larger ...