A robot dog was used to flip a switch at a nuclear site - as it was too unsafe for workers. The machine - named Spot - was used to turn on a crane in order to pick up containers of waste at the ...

The "gold standard" for staging Alzheimer’s disease is positron emission tomography (PET) brain scans for amyloid plaques and ...

Eating only during the daytime could protect night shift workers from the increased risk of a heart attack or stroke, according to a new study. Food timing could be a bigger risk factor than sleep ...

A girl who suffered severe burns after falling into a cooking pot can now put on her school uniform by herself after ...

Weight training helps protect older people from dementia, according to new research. Volunteers with mild cognitive impairment who practiced strength training showed improvements in memory and brain ...

One in 10 young Americans schedules “worry time,” according to new research. The survey of 2,000 general population Americans ...

People with low levels of "bad" cholesterol are less likely to develop dementia, according to new research. And statins lowered the risk of the debilitating condition even further in people with low ...

A newly discovered plesiosa u r fossil suggests several species of the long-necked marine dinosaur roamed the oceans 180 million years ago. The nearly complete specimen of Plesiopterys wildi from ...

Long-term exposure to air pollution may harm the brain health of older people, warns a new study. Researchers found that exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is ...

Aqua aerobics sessions really do help people slim down - particularly overweight women, according to new research. Carrying out the popular form of exercise activity for more than 10 weeks can trim ...

Food made in space tastes different, according to new research. The traditional Japanese condiment miso had a nuttier flavor when made on board the International Space Station (ISS), say scientists.