Filed under: Fashion and Beauty A while back, I had a chance to try out Joe’s Jeans — a brand that would otherwise probably be a little out of my price range. That being said, I do think that, if you’re building a solid wardrobe , good jeans are one of those things you shouldn’t...

Scientists at the University of Southern California are trying to replicate the functions of brain neurons using carbon nanotubes. The end goal, about 15,000 years from now, is to build an interconnected artificial brain that can do basic functions that the brains of animals can. From the National Science...

Scientists at the University of Liverpool, along with colleagues at Inspektor Research Systems BV , Amsterdam, Holland, have developed a dental probe for identifying early plaque build-up and decay of the teeth. It is hoped that the eventual product will be easy enough for anyone to use at home. Moms...

Delivering on-site diagnostic tests for common diseases is a serious problem in the developing world. Reagents used in today’s tests for diseases like malaria and typhoid are typically liquid and require refrigeration. Now researchers at the University of Washington have created a method to dry...

Filed under: Food and Nutrition Got foods that make you overeat? I do. Crackers do it to me every time. Doesn’t need to be that way, say the FitSugar folks, who happen to have a nifty little trick for minimizing the binge. Check out what our fit friends have to say about serving sizes and savoring...

Dexela , a London, UK company, is developing technology, called digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), that might allow physicians to view 3-D mammograms in the future. Dexela’s system utilizes moving X-ray tubes, similar to CT scanners, to image the breast from different angles and triangulate on...

Filed under: Fitness , Food and Nutrition , Motivation and Inspiration , Diet and Weight Loss This is your last chance during America Takes It Off: Shrink a Size to fess up and tell us what you see when you step on the scale and it stares back at you. That’s right. Our final weigh-in starts today....

Filed under: Fitness , Diet and Weight Loss , Ask Fitz! Have fitness questions? Fitz has your answers. Our ThatsFit.com fitness expert — and now your own virtual personal trainer — will help you get fit, increase your overall health and do it in a fun way. Drop your questions here in theHealth...

Filed under: How Many Calories? In January, when the days are short and — more notably — cold as all heck, nothing hits the spot quite like a warm bowl of spicy soup. I like to hit up a little Vietnamese place a few blocks away, where the beef soup — known as Pho — is cheap,...

4Moms , a small company out of Pittsburgh, PA, has created an interesting device to help parents train their children in lulling themselves to sleep. Essentially, the Goodnight Sleep Trainer is a specialized timer that keeps track of how long your baby has been crying, and recommends when it’s...

Researchers at the Université de Montréal with help from McGill University, the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS-EMT), Plasmionique Inc and the Universidade de São Paulo, have managed to chemically modify titanium to create so called “intelligent surfaces”....