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Following an X-class solar flare on March 31, the sun emitted an M-class solar flare on April 2. There was a coronal mass ejection associated with the solar flare that hit Earth but didn't cause a geomagnetic storm on Ea...

Researchers who are investigating the biological mechanisms behind metastatic epithelial ovarian cancer recently found that an enzyme called focal adhesive kinase (FAK) can play a critical -- and previously unstudied -- ...

Biologists who want to know what types of fish live in the Tennessee Valley Authority lakes have an uncanny technique for uncovering what lurks beneath the surface. The method involves researchers putting a generator in ...

More than 45 million Americans suffer from seasonal allergies, primarily occurring in spring and fall. Food allergies are closely linked to spring allergies, says one expert. "Birch pollen often also means allergies to a...

A novel mouse model of anaplastic thyroid cancer has been developed by scientists who have also identified a combination of targeted therapies that shrinks these tumors. Most patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer do ver...

Genomic profiling identifies genomic alterations in tumors that can be associated with targeted treatments for rare and poor prognosis cancers, new research shows. Analyzing tumors through clinical grade Next Generation ...

Menopausal hormone therapy use is linked to a lower risk of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, research has found. "The connection between lymphomas and menopausal hormone therapy use hinges on understanding the disease's biol...

An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.0 shook southern France today (April 7), according to France's National Seismic Monitoring Network.

A miscarriage is the loss of pregnancy before the 20-week mark in the pregnancy. The medical term for a miscarriage is spontaneous abortion.

A lack of attention to detail can be a good thing.

A biomedical engineering breakthrough could speed soft tissue injury recovery and limit disfigurement from radical cancer surgeries. It could circumvent the need to harvest and transfer large amounts of tissue, avoiding ...

One of the problems that parents may have during the springtime is deciphering whether their children's sneezing is due to a cold or allergies. "Runny, stuffy or itchy noses, sneezing, coughing, fatigue, and headaches ca...

How will we, as individuals, and a society, live with brains at risk for Alzheimer's disease dementia? A neurodegenerative disease ethicist and clinician offers keen observations to help navigate ethically-charged points...

Arctic sea ice hit its annual peak on March 21. It was the fifth-lowest maximum extent since 1979.

Based on a fundamental chemical discovery by scientists at Oregon State University, it appears that trees may soon play a major role in making high-tech energy storage devices.

Carbon nanotubes are reinforcing bars that make two-dimensional graphene much easier to handle in a new hybrid material grown by researchers at Rice University.

New research from North Carolina State University and UNC-Chapel Hill reveals that energy is transferred more efficiently inside of complex, three-dimensional organic solar cells when the donor molecules align face-on, r...

I still remember flipping through paper magazines while waiting for webpages to load on my family's PC, in the 1990s. Maybe one day waiting for your phone to charge will seem as antiquated. An Israeli startup recently de...

The obesity rate in children hasn't declined in recent years, and severe obesity may even be on the rise, a new study has found.

With the political divide over health care reform still strong going into this year's elections, a new analysis of state-level decisions shows signs of an emerging middle way toward reducing the ranks of the uninsured. T...

NpmA is a mobile gene in bacteria that confers resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics. Structural biologists analyze the threat NpmA poses and reveal targets for drug development. A mobile gene called NpmA was discover...

Genes amplify the stress of harsh environments for some children, and magnify the advantage of supportive environments for other children, according to a study that's one of the first to document how genes interacting wi...