Robots that can feel the difference between hard cortical bone and spongy cancellous bone while they grind it away—without a…

A routine 12-lead electrocardiogram, the most ubiquitous and inexpensive diagnostic test in medicine, may hold far more information about the…

Swallowing is one of those bodily functions most people perform hundreds of times a day without a second thought, yet…

For the first time, scientists have captured direct, whole-brain evidence that computerized cognitive training physically strengthens the aging brain’s cholinergic…

When surgeons remove a portion of a cancerous lung, one of the most frustrating complications they can face is air.…

In a development that could reshape how scientists study the mechanics of human movement, a team of biomedical engineers and…

Optical frequency combs have transformed the way scientists measure light and time, earning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2005…

The Denisovans, the enigmatic archaic human relatives first identified from a finger bone and a handful of teeth in a…

Wildfire scientists have unveiled a new rapid risk-assessment tool that shows substantial wildfire danger to homes and buildings in three…