The study, funded by the National Institute on Aging, tested brain training in 2,785 healthy adults, discovering it can delay dementia related to Alzheimer's disease and other age-related conditions. The new clinical trial results, presented Sunday at the Alzheimer’s Assn.’s...
Above animation shows how the scientists discovered 2015 FJ345 from the images with Hyper Suprime-Cam at the Subaru Telescope. The observation took place on March 17, 2015, and the interval between the individual images is 2 hours. (Credit: Scott...
AIDS deaths are falling in most countries worldwide, but the rate of new infections increased in several countries over the past decade, threatening to undermine efforts to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, a new scientific paper shows. The study...
IMAGE 1: MeerKAT First Light image. Each white dot represents the intensity of radio waves recorded with 16 dishes of the MeerKAT telescope in the Karoo (when completed, MeerKAT will consist of 64 dishes and associated systems). More than...
The Progress 64 cargo craft launches on a two-day trip to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV Carrying more than three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the International Space Station crew, the unpiloted ISS Progress 64 cargo...
The Bardarbunga eruption on Iceland has broken many records. The event in 2014 was the strongest in Europe since more than 240 years. The hole it left behind, the so-called caldera, is the biggest caldera formation ever observed. And...
Archeologists who found the 1,600-year-old skeleton near Mexico's ancient Teotihuacan, said the woman was 35-40 when she died with intentionally deformed skull and teeth encrusted with mineral stones Archeologists have discovered the 1,600-year-old skeleton of an upper-class woman whose skull...
Image Credit: Flickr/Alex The Shutter On December 31, 2016, a "leap second" will be added to the world's clocks at 23 hours, 59 minutes 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This corresponds to 6:59:59 pm Eastern Standard Time, when the...
About 40 percent of the top selling sunscreens on Amazon.com don't meet the American Academy of Dermatology's guidelines for sunscreens. This was largely due to a lack of water or sweat resistance, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. The...
Image credit : WIKICOMMONS Researchers from the University of Nottingham and the Wyss Institute at Harvard University have developed a the new type of tooth filling that allows teeth to repair and regenerate themselves. The achievement could significantly impact millions of...
Variations of a new blue pigment were developed by chemists at Oregon State University, based on manganese.Credit: University of Oregon A brilliant new blue pigment – discovered serendipitously by Oregon State University chemists in 2009 – is now reaching the...