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Will You Break A Bone Due To Osteoporosis? It’s In Your Genes

Predicting an individual’s risk of osteoporosis-related fractures becomes much more accurate when taking genetic factors into account alongside clinical factors.

Titanosaurs Once Thundered Down Under

No, it’s not Littlefoot. Savannasaurus elliottorum was a medium-sized titanosaur that was found in a geological deposit approximately 95 million years old.

A Smart Textile That Moves Like Muscle

This new smart textile can both sense and move in response to a stimulus, just like a human muscle or joint.

How Would You Solve A Knapsack Problem? Computers Want To Know

Learning how people solve problems over a range of difficulties may be crucial to making computers think more like humans.

What Connects The Brain’s Two Hemispheres

Scientists have identified the cells behind a common brain disorder where the connection between the brain's left and right hemispheres fails to form.

Ultrasound Slows Brain Aging In Mice

This study suggests that scanning ultrasound treatment could help keep our brains younger as we get older.

A Window Into The Schizophrenic Brain

Using stem cells in a dish, scientists have shown that the brain cells of schizophrenic patients is 90 percent less responsive to activity.

Quasiparticles Caught In Real Time

Scientists have used ultracold quantum gasses to make quasiparticles slow down enough to be observed.

Eight Glasses Of Water A Day May Be Too Much

A study suggests that drinking water according to thirst is preferable to strictly following the 'eight glasses a day' rule.