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Consumers view direct-to-consumer fertility testing as a viable alternative to traditional testing, but also find it confusing and misleading, according to a new study.

In a new study researchers report the discovery of evidence indicating that the brain knows how to integrate natural and artificial vision while maintaining important processing information. The results have implications for the restoration of sight in macular degeneration (AMD) patients implanted with retinal prosthetic devices.

Researchers trying to improve the tests used to assess Parkinson's disease have settled on fuzzy recurrence plots, which can translate short-time series data points into measurable images, as a promising technology.

As our brains take in information about the world and use it to steer our actions, two key principles guide our choices: seek pleasure and avoid pain. Researchers have zeroed in on an information-processing hub in the brains of mice to discover how neurons there divide the labor to handle these opposing behavioral motivations.

Researchers have developed an ultrathin membrane that could be used for high-performance separation of oil from water.

Researchers have carried out the first study of microplastics in the atmosphere in London to determine what people within the city might be exposed to and where this comes from.

Researchers have discovered that mosquitoes can detect toxins through their legs, a mechanism that can allow them to become resistant to insecticide.

A systematic review and meta-analysis found children who drank whole milk had 40 per cent lower odds of being overweight or obese compared with children who consumed reduced-fat milk.

Brain imaging of pathological tau-protein "tangles" reliably predicts the location of future brain atrophy in Alzheimer's patients a year or more in advance, according to a new study.

Testicular cancer recurrence can be prevented using half the amount of chemotherapy that is currently used, according to the results of a new clinical trial.