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Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed robots that can be printed and that self-assemble when heated. Read More »

Medicare’s payment system for cancer care services should be restructured to focus on value over volume and offer incentives for providing high-quality, patient-centered care, according to a new proposal from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Read More »

Three $1 million prizes for scientific research will be shared among nine scientists who contributed to astrophysics, neuroscience and nanoscience. Bestowed every two years since 2008, Kavli Prizes are named for Norway-born Fred Kavli, a philanthropist who died last November, according to The Associated Press. Read More »

A technology for extracting drinkable water from manure is on its way to commercial application this year, Michigan State University said Thursday. The technology is particularly useful for animal operations in dry regions where water is at a premium, the school said. Read More »

Ontarians spend more than 900,000 days in hospital at a cost of roughly $1.8 billion a year as a result of four common unhealthy behaviours, according to a new study released Thursday. The study, conducted by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, tracked nearly 80,000 adult Ontarians between 2001 and 2012 to determine how ... Read More »

The legendary metal band, Gwar, is in the process of raising money because they aim to open a Gwar-themed restaurant in Virginia. Read More »

One third of patients who were discharged after a PCI failed to fill their clopidogrel prescriptions within three days, according to a study published online May 28 in Journal of the American Heart Association, at the risk of serious consequences. Findings showed that the time following hospital release to the filling of the prescription dramatically influences outcomes. Read More »

It’s a spot of bad news in an otherwise hopeful update on cancer in Canada. Skin cancer, one of the most preventable forms of the disease, is also one of the fastest-rising in this country, according to a new report from the Canadian Cancer Society that notes the death rate for all cancers combined continues to fall for most age ... Read More »

Researchers at New York University Langone Medical Center have discovered a protein that causes over grooming in mice, a repetitive motor behaviour linked to autism. The find could lead to an autism cure in the future Read More »

Researchers looked at 170,000 supermassive black holes to test out a decades-old “doughnut theory” on the appearance of black holes. The 1970s theory worked to explain how black holes had such varied appearance, a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory news release reported. The model suggested every black hole was surrounded by a dusty “doughnut” called a torus, a NASA Jet Propulsion ... Read More »

An exciting new meteor shower called the Camelopardalids (Cah-melo-par-dah-lids) will peak late tonight. According to clocks the mid-latitudes in North America are predicted to have the best view of this shower. Look to the north. The showers will come out of the Camelopardalis or Giraffe constellation where the radius of the event will take place. Read More »