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Researchers have identified a protein expressed by human bone marrow stem cells that guides and stimulates the formation of blood vessels. Their findings could help improve the vascularization of engineered tissues.

(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...

A dry-ice bomb is made with dry ice, the solid form of carbon dioxide. Making a dry-ice bomb is a fairly simple process, but like any explosive device, they can be dangerous.

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.

Researchers at the University of Colorado have new insight into the age-old question of why maximum heart rate (maxHR) decreases with age. This decrease in maxHR not only limits the performance of aging athletes but it i...

Humans rarely walk the straight and narrow; something's always in the way. So scientists are developing a computer-controlled artificial limb that can turn like a flesh-and-blood foot.

New research is laying the groundwork for touch-sensitive prosthetic limbs that one day could convey real-time sensory information to amputees via a direct interface with the brain.

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 prosthetic limbs to acquire a sense of touch     

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

A new type of giant Amazonian fish -- one for which only a single species was known for over a century -- has been discovered in Brazil, scientists say.

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...

A new study of women ages 50 and older examines the 12.2 percent who say they are satisfied with their body size to unlock the secrets of body satisfaction. This minority of midlife women who report being satisfied with ...