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(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Researchers at Johns Hopkins have succeeded in making flattened, football-shaped artificial particles that impersonate immune cells. These football-shaped particles seem to be better than the typ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is a strain of staph bacteria that is resistant to the antibiotics normally used to treat such infections. In 1961, British scientists discovered MRSA; it was first s...

Do dogs think like people? Scans suggest, in some ways, they do.

Hello, devoted readers. I am stoked to introduce myself as the new APS science writing intern and tell you a little bit about the journey that's led me to this wonderful physics nook in College Park, Maryland. It starts ...

As the United States entered its 14th day of the federal government shutdown, experts had more bad news about the long-term impacts of a lengthy budget impasse: It could cost the Department of Defense billions of dollars...

Children who receive their measles vaccination on time have a lower risk of adverse events following vaccination than those who receive the vaccine later than is recommended, a new study finds.

Phailin is officially the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded to make landfall over India.

An influx of nitrogen-based compounds, usually from industrial agriculture, fuel exhaust and power plants, is blanketing national parks around the country, potentially disrupting their ecosystem.

A compound found in broccoli, cabbage and other cruciferous vegetables can shield rats from acute radiation sickness, raising the possibility that the compound could be used to reduce radiation exposure in cancer therapy...

Bonobos that are better at managing their own emotions are more likely to help another bonobo in emotional distress, as in this video of a bonobo hug.

A fossil of a mosquito from 46 million years ago has been found in Montana. The specimen contains fossilized blood in its abdomen, proving that these animals sucked blood.

Microelectrodes that stimulate sensory areas of the brain could one day allow people with artificial limbs to acquire a sense of touch     

Microelectrodes that stimulate sensory areas of the brain could one day allow people with prosthetic limbs to acquire a sense of touch     

On Oct. 17, the U.S. Treasury Department will run out of money and won't have the ability to borrow the funds needed to pay the America's bills. If the $16.699 trillion debt ceiling seems like a hard figure to wrap your ...

Bubble Building 3GATTI The appropriately named Bubble Building is a plan to retrofit a Shanghai building with pillows, basically. The proposal, from architecture firm 3GATTI, calls for spicing up the building by adding g...

Extension of cable-based telecommunication networks requires high investments in both conurbations and rural areas. Broadband data transmission via radio relay links might help to cross rivers, motorways or nature protec...

Gigantic beasts are attacking Earth's cities. Gigantic robots are designed to combat them. The design is rejected in favor of air strikes. -- Hard Sci-Fi Movies (@HardSciFiMovies) October 8, 2013 Science fiction is a gre...

All the latest on newscientist.com: our new lush planet, the secret life of second-world-war science, Google Glass gets quantum boost and more     

The forced closure of all U.S. national parks and monuments because of the federal government shutdown has ended for a handful of parks that are temporarily re-opening using state funds to pay the bills.

From a pumpkin-coloured coast to nature's chemical art, we show you rare and stunning views of our planet's surface     

Eggs, Milk and 3-D Printing Examples of 3-D printed figurines Asda supermarket customers may order at the chain's York, U.K. location. Screenshot from "Create 'mini me' models of you and your family at Asda!" by asda on ...

The government shutdown brought research at NASA facilities around the United States to a standstill when it went into effect on Oct. 1. At NASA's Ames Research Center in California, scientific research is at a standstil...