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Charles W. Eliot, cousin of the Nobel-prize winning poet T.S. Eliot and a former president of Harvard University, once described books as the "quietest and most constant of friends." That warm little expression becomes s...

Researchers have discovered that microscopic "bubbles" developed at Kansas State University are safe and effective storage lockers for harmful isotopes that emit ionizing radiation for treating tumors.

A new approach to studying solar panel absorber materials has been developed by researchers in France. The technique could accelerate the development of non-toxic and readily available alternatives to current absorbers i...

An experimental "mini heart" could help people with a medical condition that causes blood to pool in their veins by pumping their blood through the vessels and back to the heart, researchers say.

California's snowpack is at just 32 percent of normal. NASA is helping to provide week-by-week measurements of the drought-stricken river basins in the Sierra Nevada mountains, the source of much of the state's drinking ...

A Texas family claims the "strange" animal caught in their backyard may be a baby chupacabra. KAVU-TV A Texas family claims to have caught a chupacabra.

Scientists put a Siamese crocodile through a CT scanner at an Ohio hospital to get a detailed picture of the endangered animal's insides.

A group of researchers from Ohio University put a Siamese crocodile measuring 8.5 feet (2.5 meters) through a computed tomography (CT) scanner at the OhioHealth O'Bleness Hospital in late March 2014.

Insomnia may be associated with serious health risks, new research suggests.

Cigarette smoking among obese women appears to interfere with their ability to taste fats and sweets, a new study shows. Despite craving high-fat, sugary foods, these women were less likely than others to perceive these ...

Diamond Light Source, the UK's national synchrotron science facility, is celebrating an important milestone this month as a 2 year project to design and build a highly specialised in vacuum X-ray detector for its new lon...

They lived on the planet with us for most of our history, yet until six years ago we didn't know they existed. Meet the species rewriting human evolution (full text available to subscribers)     

A number of studies focus on the optimal time to begin altitude training before competition, but few address the best time to come down from altitude and how long athletes should wait to reacclimatize before competing. R...

Volcanology has come a long way since the days of Pompeii. Now, satellite-based systems offer a way of measuring whether a volcano is likely to erupt soon.

A genetic tweak has made it far easier to unlock the valuable chemicals held inside plants. It could lead to more environmentally friendly biofuels     

Saliva-powered micro-sized microbial fuel cells can produce minute amounts of energy sufficient to run on-chip applications, according to an international team of engineers.

The electrochemical reactions inside the porous electrodes of batteries and fuel cells have been described by theorists, but never measured directly. Now, a team at MIT has figured out a way to measure the fundamental ch...

Researchers have identified a genetic association with facial asymmetry in an ancient cavefish, a natural trait that may solve mysteries surrounding facial asymmetries in humans -- conditions such as cleft palate or hemi...

A recently approved medication for epilepsy may possibly be a meaningful treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Lou Gehrig's disease, a uniformly fatal neurodegenerative disorder, new stem cell research has shown...

The mammalian heart has generally been considered to lack the ability to repair itself after injury, but a 2011 study in newborn mice challenged this view, providing evidence for complete regeneration after resection of ...

There are 8 million dogs in the UK, which adds up to a lot of daily walks and potential for a lot of dog faeces to be left behind. Most dog walkers are happy and even proud to bag and bin their dog's waste, some might le...

A revolutionary new method of encrypting confidential information has been patented by scientists inspired by their discoveries from human biology, which model how the heart and lungs coordinate their rhythms by passing ...