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Exoplanet eclipse. Credit: Bill Lile. Two hefeweizen-fueled scientists have completed what might be the most important scientific effort since the discovery of the Jovian-Plutonian gravitational effect. Yesterday, Stephe...

(McMaster University) Elafin, by interacting with the transglutaminase 2 enzyme, decreased the enzymatic reaction that increases the toxicity of peptides derived from gluten. In studies with mice, the researchers found t...

Professor Stephan Irle of the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM) at Nagoya University and co-workers at Kyoto University, Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL), and Chinese research institutions have revealed t...

The Bellabeat fetal monitor and connected system allows pregnant women to track their babies' heart beats, kicks and other milestones, and share that information with friends.

Men who live alone may have a higher risk of dying from the skin cancer melanoma compared with men who live with a partner, a new study from Sweden finds.

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, in collaboration with materials scientists, engineers and neurobiologists, have discovered a new mechanism f...

As wind farms grow in importance across the globe as sources of clean, renewable energy, one key consideration in their construction is their physical design -- spacing and orienting individual turbines to maximize their...

Researchers in China have found a convenient way to selectively prepare germanium sulfide nanostructures, including nanosheets and nanowires, that are more active than their bulk counterparts and could open the way to lo...

The Cosmic Microwave Background, leftover light from the big bang, carries a wealth of information about the universe—for those who can read it. Fifty years ago, two radio astronomers from Bell Labs discovered a faint,...

Milwaukee urban farmer Will Allen explains the role of soil in creating a food system that can sustain our growing global population.

If you needed to grow food in your city, where would you do it? How do you find space with healthy soil, safe water, and adequate sunlight? How do you know the space is safe, affordable, and accessible to the community? ...

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a next-generation warplane capable of taking off on a short runway and landing vertically, could make its first trans-Atlantic flight in July.

As part of its bid to win the Google Lunar X Prize, Astrobotic ran its first Earth-bound test of a landing system designed to avoid hazards autonomously     

The current geopolitical chess match in Crimea and Ukraine shines a bright light on NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and its role as a counterweight to Russian aggression.

About 95 per cent of us are infected with the Epstein-Barr virus. Cancer Virus is the compelling, thriller-like tale of its discovery     

Flickr/Ryan Somma Here's a slight improvement to drunkenly shouting over your friend's shoulder while they play a round of Pac-Man at the bar: Researchers at Washington State University have created computer programs tha...

April will be a busy month for stargazers. There are several astronomy events that will occur throughout the month including a total lunar eclipse and a Mars opposition. Of course there is the sure-to-be-shared story of ...

Extreme bicycle racers have set a new record on the Iditarod Trail Invitational, a frigid, 1,000-mile endurance race in the Alaskan tundra. But record low snowfall this year may have played a role in the record.

The remains of a 1,500-year-old monastery with intact mosaics covering the floor have been revealed in archaeological excavations in southern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Tuesday.

Built-in rear-view cameras will be required on all new vehicles weighing less than 10,000 pounds by 2018, according to a new government regulation. The change could save as many as 69 lives each year, officials say.

Bats don't just use supersonic sounds to navigate -- they also send out the high-pitched squeaks to warn other bats to "back off."

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