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A head-mounted ultrasound device has now completed two human trials. One showed how the targeted sound waves could improve pain symptoms, while another revealed a marked improvement in depression symptoms after just one session.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Wearable treats pain and depression in as little as one 40-minute session
UFOs are having a bit of a renaissance lately, moving beyond the tinfoil-hatted crowd and into the realm of serious government investigation. Now a study has analyzed the geography of almost 100,000 sightings and found a few clues about how they cluste… Continue reading UFO hotspots revealed in analysis of 100,000 sightings
Being diagnosed with potentially fatal metastatic breast cancer inspired one man to gather a team of diverse professionals to create an AI-based tool that analyzes a patient’s symptoms using a smartphone, providing oncologists with a means of providing… Continue reading One man’s breast cancer diagnosis inspires groundbreaking treatment tool
The Earth’s atmosphere has been blasted by the second strongest ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) to ever be observed. While its exact origins remain unknown, astrophysicists are pointing the finger at the Local Void, a fundamentally empty area of th… Continue reading Did the Local Void shoot a monster extreme-energy cosmic ray our way?
The Earth’s inner core is incredibly tricky to study, since it’s buried beneath thousands of miles of rock. New seismic studies suggest that it’s not just a solid ball of iron, as has been assumed, but might have pockets of liquid iron throughout.Conti… Continue reading Earth’s solid inner core may have pockets of liquid iron
Long before the first dinosaurs roamed the earth, the oceans were full of creatures known as ammonites. Scientists have now created a number of robotic ammonites, to see how the different shell shapes they evolved affected their movement through the wa… Continue reading Self-propelled robotic ammonites provide an insight into evolution
From pit vipers to funnel web spiders, living creatures continue to prove a rich source of medicines with life-saving potential, but some are more forthcoming than others with their powerful compounds and molecules. A 25-year search for another source … Continue reading Soft corals emerge as source of highly potent anti-cancer compound
Currently, if you wish to track the electrical activity of someone’s muscles, you have stick electrodes onto their skin. An experimental new technology, however, simply utilizes conductive fabric that’s incorporated into washable pieces of clothing.Con… Continue reading Washable conductive clothing monitors muscle activity
For scientists working to understand why some geysers erupt with relative regularity and others do not, Yellowstone National Park provides a valuable testbed. Researchers at the University of Utah have been keeping a close eye on these famous streams o… Continue reading Scientists image plumbing system of the world’s tallest geyser
For many people, the beauty of spring is countered by the sneezing, runny nose and itchy eyes of allergies that come with the warmer weather. For those people, science has some bad news – climate change seems to be making pollen season longer and more … Continue reading Allergy seasons getting longer and more severe thanks to climate change