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Americans cannot get enough vampires, according to a nationally representative survey on beloved movie monsters conducted even before "Twilight" revived the bloodsucking trend.

The major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), present in about two-thirds of people who develop the disease, is ApoE4, the cholesterol-carrying protein that about a quarter of us are born with. But one of t...

On-orbit astronaut Karen Nyberg proves Cady Coleman told 'Gravity's Sandra Bullock the truth: a single strand of human hair pushed against a handrail aboard the ISS sprang Nyberg backwards in microgravity.

Properties, sources and uses of the element dubnium.

The wildfires threatening Sydney and other parts of New South Wales, Australia, are finding fuel in eucalyptus forests, which many experts blame for wildfires that have blazed through the hills of California and other pl...

Throughout the year the Antarctic hole in the ozone layer (defined as less than 220 Dobson Units) grows and recedes seasonally, reaching it's maximum size this year on September 26th.

A home on Seattle's steep and scenic slopes comes with a hidden risk. The next earthquake on the Seattle Fault, which cuts under the heart of the city, could trigger many more deadly landslides than previously predicted.

In a feat of modern-day alchemy with huge potential for regenerative medicine, Sscientists have developed a fast, efficient way to turn cells extracted from routine liposuction into liver cells.

A mutation as minute as swapping just one amino acid can completely change the target that a virus will bind to on a victim cell -- potentially shifting what kind of cell and eventually what kind of organism a virus coul...

New study finds that shorter sleep duration and poorer sleep quality are associated with a greater ²-Amyloid burden, a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease

A survey finds that most patients are not being told about the possibility of overdiagnosis and overtreatment as a result of cancer screenings.

(Phys.org) --Active camouflage has taken a step forward at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), with a new coating that intrinsically conceals its own temperature to thermal cameras.

American soldiers may soon be joined on the battlefield by machine gun-toting robots on wheels, according to U.S. Army officials. The U.S. Army and the U.S. Marines have already experimented with prototype machines on th...

This video shows a cut-away view of fusion energy production by neutral deuterium particle injection, which requires reaching a temperature of one hundred million degrees.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a technique widely used in medicine to create images of internal organs such as the heart, the lungs, the liver and even the brain. Since its invention in 1977, MRI has become a staple...

For the second time in a week, a rarely seen type of deep-sea creature was found along the coast of California. The carcass of a 14-foot oarfish washed ashore in Oceanside, Calif., on Friday, days after a bigger one was ...

Contact lens discomfort may be the leading cause of patient dissatisfaction with, and discontinuation of, contact lens wear throughout the world -- but there is little agreement among vision researchers and eye care prof...

Researchers have identified some agricultural management practices in the field that can either boost or reduce the risk of contamination in produce from two major foodborne pathogens: salmonella, the biggest single kill...

Low levels of the "sunshine" vitamin D appear to increase a child's risk of anemia, according to new research. The study is believed to be the first one to extensively explore the link between the two conditions in child...

Advancement allows patients to hear differences in pitch and timbre.

A helmet that sees behind you and a droid-like rolling camera are revealed at the DEMO Fall 2013 conference.

A substance in breast milk that neutralizes HIV and may protect babies from acquiring HIV from their infected mothers has been identified for the first time by researchers.