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Scientists from NASA have uncovered a strange magnetic field surrounding our solar system, shedding new light on the mysterious boundary between our solar system and interstellar space just beyond the heliosphere. Combin...

A new study reconstructing the evolutionary tree of flu viruses challenges conventional wisdom and solves some of the mysteries surrounding flu outbreaks of historical significance. The study challenges several tenets of...

Researchers have pinpointed why normal aging is accompanied by a diminished ability to regain strength and mobility after muscle injury: over time, stem cells within muscle tissues dedicated to repairing damage become le...

Abnormal number of chromosomes is often associated with cancer development. Researchers have shown that a subtle epigenetic change plays an important role in the correct segregation of chromosomes. Normally when a cell d...

Feeling extreme loneliness can increase an older person's chances of premature death by 14 percent, according to new research. The research shows that the impact of loneliness on premature death is nearly as strong as th...

One factor that makes glioblastoma cancers so difficult to treat is that malignant cells from the tumors spread throughout the brain by following nerve fibers and blood vessels to invade new locations. Now, researchers h...

Pioneering researchers work to uncover the circuitry of human cognition, identify the genetic roots of disease, unlock the power of Big Data for diagnosis, build a new generation of computing hardware inspired by the bra...

Solving the mystery of how the population of the Samoan archipelago developed one of the world's highest rates of obesity is important not only for addressing the problem but also possibly for predicting the course of ob...

Itchy, painful rashes -- such as those that occur with psoriasis -- are uncomfortable, but at least they fade when the flare-up subsides. Mostly. Evidence often remains in the form of dark, discolored areas of skin, serv...

New insights into one of the molecular mechanisms behind light harvesting, the process that enables photosynthetic organisms to thrive, even as weather conditions change from full sunlight to deep cloud cover, will be pr...

Strike that iconic image of a tall, snow-capped volcano sitting atop a liquid pool of hot, molten magma. It turns out that most volcanoes prefer cold storage, a new study suggests.

A tiny rod diverts inoperable tumour cells away from the brain and into a pool filled with a lethal drug     

The magma beneath some of the most dangerous volcanoes could be solid for more than 99 per cent of the time, suggesting that molten magma is a warning sign     

(Oregon State University) A new study suggests that the magma sitting 4-5 kilometers beneath the surface of Oregon's Mount Hood has been stored in near-solid conditions for thousands of years, but that the time it takes ...

An elderly woman in Brazil recently found out that her stomach pains were a sign of something other than indigestion. According to USA Today, the 84-year-old woman from the central Brazilian state of Tocantins was actual...

Ronan is a rescued sea lion that has a unique talent that has shed new light on animal cognition. Ronan can keep the beat and bobs her in tempo with music, even new sounds she hasn't heard before. For researchers this ha...