“Our test will improve the accuracy of diagnosis, leading to the proper treatment of patients affected by WNV,” While the United States has largely been spared the scourge of mosquito-borne diseases endemic to the developing [...]

At the Chiba Institute of Technology, a group led by Shuro Nakajima has developed a robot wheelchair that can climb over steps. This robot can make a variety of movements, using its four-wheel drive and [...]

“Our study showed that drinking six cups of green tea affected biomarkers in prostate tissue at the time of surgery,” Men with prostate cancer who consumed green tea prior to undergoing prostatectomy had reductions in markers of [...]

Requires just one dose and appears twice as effective as existing regimen Scientists are reporting development of a new malaria drug that, in laboratory tests, has been twice as effective as the best current medicine [...]

Move over, Daily Deals and Flash Sales, “Crowdsourcing” is now the biggest fad in ecommerce. Sites in which members invent, design, curate and market products for the marketplace are gaining in popularity. Three such sites [...]

“We’ve found compounds from the wild tomatillo that have strong anti-cancer properties against breast cancer, skin cancer, thyroid cancer and brain cancer in our early studies,” For decades the native prairie plant with tomato-like vines, [...]

Scientists are describing what may be a “complete solution” to cleaning up oil spills Scientists are describing what may be a “complete solution” to cleaning up oil spills — a superabsorbent material that sops up [...]

This could be useful for greenhouse gas mitigation, bioremediation or erosion control. The same “green revolution” concepts that have revolutionized crop agriculture and helped to feed billions of people around the world may now offer [...]

Elon Musk is nothing if not ambitious. The billionaire tech entrepreneur who co-founded PayPal in 1998 and sits at the forefront of a whole bevvy of industries as the CEO of both electric car manufacturer [...]

A prototype sensor array that can be worn on the chest automatically maps the wearer’s environment, recognizing movement between floors. MIT researchers have built a wearable sensor system that automatically creates a digital map of [...]

Many of us now do most of our work sat at a desk staring at a computer screen for hours on end. While this an inevitable part of modern-day living, it does present certain challenges [...]

This new model comes with a host of potential pitfalls An effort to build a sleek aluminum charging dock for the iPhone generated fervor online when it was announced last December. The project’s creators raised close to [...]