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Curiosity rebooted its software on Thursday, shortly after its handlers had uploaded new flight software to the 1-ton rover. It was the first time Curiosity had experienced such a fault-related reboot since landing on Ma...

A monthlong underwater research mission led by Fabien Cousteau, grandson of the celebrated oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, has been postponed until the spring.

Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in the U.S., causing more deaths than the next three most common cancers - colon, breast and prostate - combined. Worldwide, lung cancer accounts for 1.3 million deaths annuall...

Beam Sam Kaplan When I'm asked what the standards are for our annual Best of What's New Awards, I tend to rely on a catchphrase: "It should be revolutionary, not evolutionary." But this year, I'm having to rethink that. ...

A newly released clinical practice guideline can help primary care clinicians better identify adults who may be at high risk for developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, potentially serious cardiovascular condi...

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have released a new clinical practice guideline for the treatment of blood cholesterol in people at high risk for cardiovascular diseases caused by at...

Now, a team of researchers offers supporting evidence for using Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) ratios to assess Lymphedema. The study argues because the low frequency electronic current cannot travel through cell...

With lethal injection drugs in short supply, state prison systems are turning to untested methods and questionable suppliers     

Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men is the fragrance of choice for field biologists. Beyond luring romantic partners, the masculine blend also attracts cats and other animals to remote cameras in the jungle.

A newly funded U.S. project will use tethered kites underwater to tap ocean currents and tidal flows.

Stingrays swim through water with such ease that researchers from the University at Buffalo and Harvard University are studying how their movements could be used to design more agile and fuel-efficient unmanned underwate...

Biologists use Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men to attract wild animals like this African golden cat posing for a camera trap in Uganda's Kibale National Park.

A slow-moving tropical storm pounded the Somalia coast this weekend, killing more than 100 people. Tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea are becoming stronger because of pollution.

If any rocky planets beyond the solar system host microbes similar to the ones on early Earth, we should be able to spot their telltale purple hue     

Invisibility cloaking is no longer the stuff of science fiction: two researchers in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have demonstrated an effective invisibility cloak that is thin,...

Despite their almost incomprehensibly small size -- a diameter about one ten-thousandth the thickness of a human hair -- single-walled carbon nanotubes come in a plethora of different "species," each with its own structu...

Researchers across the globe are racing to find ways to improve the cooling of hot surfaces -- for technologies ranging from small handheld electronics all the way to industrial-sized applications such as nuclear power p...

For solar panels, wringing every drop of energy from as many photons as possible is imperative. This goal has sent chemistry, materials science and electronic engineering researchers on a quest to boost the energy-absorp...

Researchers have identified some of the underlying physics that may explain how insects can so quickly recover from a stall in midflight -- unlike conventional fixed wing aircraft, where a stalled state often leads to a ...

A computational method to quantify the adsorption of gas by porous zeolites should help labs know what to expect before they embark upon slow, costly experiments, according to researchers at Rice University.

Home testing for the human papillomavirus (HPV) may help detect cervical cancer in women who would not otherwise be screened by a doctor, a new study suggests.

Backpack Bridge courtesy Utah State University The Problem If U.S. Special Forces agents need to scale a wall, traverse a canal, or cross between rooftops, they typically use an everyday 40-pound aluminum ladder. That me...