Screen time before bed linked with less sleep, higher BMIs in kids
Children who reported watching TV or playing video games before bed got an average of 30 minutes less sleep than those who did not,...
Talking to ourselves and voices in our heads
We spend a lot of time listening to our own inner speech. But to what extent does the brain distinguish between inner speech and...
Injuries from window blinds send two children to the emergency department every day
Experts say the only way to ensure your window blinds are safe for children is to remove all corded blinds and replace them with...
The force is strong: Amputee controls individual prosthetic fingers
Jason Barnes can play piano for the first time since losing part of his arm in 2012.
Credit: Georgia Tech
Luke Skywalker's bionic hand is a...
Discovery about rare nitrogen molecules offers clues to makeup of life-supporting planets
Scientists have discovered a planetary-scale tug-of-war between life, deep Earth and the upper atmosphere that is expressed in atmospheric nitrogen.
Credit: ISS Expedition 7 Crew,...
New early gravity signals to quantify the magnitude of strong earthquakes
Seismograph (stock image).
Credit: © hakandogu / Fotolia
After an earthquake, there is a disturbance in the field of gravity almost instantaneously. This could be recorded...
Injectable gel helps heart muscle regenerate after heart attack
These are cardiomyocytes, green, proliferating in a mouse heart after gel injection.
Credit: University of Pennsylvania
In mammals, including humans, the cells that contract the heart...
Fighting myocardial infarction with nanoparticle tandems
Via a cannula introduced into the infarction area, the cells loaded with magnetic nanoparticles are injected into the damaged heart muscle tissue of the...
Galaxy orbits in the local supercluster
Our home Milky Way galaxy (MW, yellow) and our companion Andromeda galaxy (M31, red) are participating in a downward flow away from a vast...
Guanidinium stabilizes perovskite solar cells at 19 percent efficiency
Stability test of the novel MA(1-x)GuaxPbI3 perovskite material under continuous light illumination compared with the state-of-the-art MAPbI3. A schematic of the device architecture and...
WASP-18b has smothering stratosphere without water
A NASA-led team of scientists determined that WASP-18b, a 'hot Jupiter' located 325 light-years from Earth, has a stratosphere that's loaded with carbon monoxide,...
