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The best solar panels are efficient, durable and are made by companies that offer good customer support. LiveScience sister site TopTenREVIEWS researched the top solar panel offerings for 2014 for consumers looking to bu...

Turmeric is a spice with a long history of use in cooking and religious rituals, and evidence suggests it may hold health benefits as well.

Whether it's fashion, fuel, medical implants or green cleaners, fungus is set to be the smart material of the 21st century, says Richard Webb (full text available to subscribers)     

Researchers have developed prototype calibration tools for an experimental medical imaging technique that offer new advantages in diagnosing and monitoring of certain cancers and possibly other medical conditions.

A microchip-based device developed may greatly simplify the monitoring of patients' response to treatment for ovarian cancer -- the most lethal form of gynecologic cancer -- and certain other malignancies. The team repor...

Decreased diversity in the microbial community found in the human gut is associated with colorectal cancer, according to a new study published.

Researchers are looking for new ways to fight malaria through mosquito control. In 2011, 1,925 malaria cases were reported in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This number is th...

Researchers may have figured out what causes Meniere's disease and how to attack it: there is a strong association between Meniere's disease and conditions involving temporary low blood flow in the brain such as migraine...

Researchers have caught a protein they previously implicated in a variety of cancer-promoting roles performing a vital function in cell division, survival and development of brain tumors. PKM2 controls mitosis, saving ca...

For patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) who are not experiencing a heart attack and an abnormal stress test, treatment of their narrowed arteries by the common procedure of angioplasty may not provide addi...

(Phys.org) --Popular television shows such as "Doctor Who" have brought the idea of time travel into the vernacular of popular culture. But problem of time travel is even more complicated than one might think. LSU's Mark...

People with colon cancer may have fewer types of bacteria in their guts than people without the condition, researchers reported today.

Approximately every 11 years, the magnetic polarity of the Sun reverses. 16 years of high resolution magnetic field line data are animated in magnetic lines. Neon green = positive, purple = negative. (looped 4X)

A vitamin a day keeps the doctor away? Not quite. More and more scientific research is showing that the health benefits of vitamins might be less spectacular than advertised. But Americans still keep swallowing the messa...

Men with a condition that causes a curvature of the penis now have a drug treatment option that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Don't shoot! I'll let go! Sometimes the octopus doesn't even straddle a map. Here it's just a very subtle villain. Udo J. Keppler Octopuses, octopi, octopodes: whatever plural form used, the surprisingly smart eight-tent...

How animals move in complex environments is a big question with relevance to several fields including robotics.

NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA announced in September that the Voyager 1 spacecraft became the first man-made object to leave the solar system, although the group noted that the readings were different than what scientists expect...

High chair injuries have increased by 22% in the United States, sending an average of 9,500 kids to the hospital every year.

Ocean acidification, which is caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide being absorbed into the sea, could have unexpected effects, like making fish more anxious.

Being able to keep track of what, where and when it has eaten could help the picky cuttlefish avoid being eaten itself     

Doctors can now replace heart valves without resorting to open-heart surgery.