Submissions by upen

Long-term stress linked to higher levels of obesity

Artificial synapse for neural networks

Severe gum disease may be early sign of undiagnosed diabetes

Google's self-driving-car company has sued Uber for stealing its technology

Science versus the ‘Horatio Alger myth’

Child obesity ’35-40 percent’ inherited from parents, study finds

Neural networks promise sharpest ever images

Average life expectancy set to increase by 2030

The fastest mobile internet by country, Nov 2016-Jan 2017

Fifth of world’s food lost to over-eating and waste, study finds

3,000 steps in 30 minutes improves the prognosis for heart failure

Humans are hard-wired to follow the path of least resistance

UPS has a delivery truck that can launch a drone

Food additive found in candy, gum could alter digestive cell structure

Diabetes in your DNA? Scientists zero in on the genetic signature of risk

Scientifically-designed fasting diet lowers risks for major diseases

Six-legged robots faster than nature-inspired gait

BlackBerry now has virtually zero market share, shows Gartner report

A major study links air pollution with 2.7M preterm births per year

Increased levels of active vitamin D can help to optimize muscle strength

A huge 1.8m square kilometers reservoir of melting carbon under Western USA

Study of 52,000 men uncovers the genetics underlying male pattern baldness

New Zealand just experienced its largest whale stranding in decades

Replacing butter with vegetable oils does not cut heart disease risk (2016)

New urine test can quickly detect whether a person has a healthy diet

Study tallies extra calories Americans consume in their coffee, tea

Study debunk ‘5 second rule': Sometimes bacteria transfer in less than a second

No link between immigration and increased crime, four decades of evidence finds

Infants recognize surprise in others before age 2

Scientists make new high-tech liquid materials