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An Israeli company is offering a flash drive-sized scanner that can tell users what exactly is in the food or medicine on the table using near-infrared spectroscopy.

A group of plastic and reconstructive surgeons says face transplants should be offered to more patients, as long as they are the right candidates, because the operation is relatively safe and increasingly feasible.

Streaming jets of high-speed matter produce some of the most stunning objects seen in space. Astronomers have seen them shooting out of young stars just being formed, X-ray binary stars and even the supermassive black ho...

On the outside, trees can look perfectly healthy, but on the inside they might be rotted to the core. One type of tree rot, called heart rot, is the result of a fungal infection that enters the tree through wounds in the...

Previous research has shown that extreme increases in glucose and insulin in the blood can lead to poor glucose control and increase an individual's risk of developing diabetes over time. Now, a researcher has found that...

Some preterm babies have lungs that develop abnormally. While long-term health effects of prematurity are still unclear, researchers have found that adults who were born early may have problems handling the pulmonary dem...

Exercise-induced body temperature increases can make symptoms worse for some patients with multiple sclerosis. Researchers have explored the underlying causes of the temperature regulation problems so MS patients can bet...

Sneeze and cough particles form a cloud whose turbulence pulls in surrounding air, which allows the goop to maintain buoyancy and move farther than expected. Cynthia Graber reports. --

Criminals might not get away so easily, thanks to a new fingerprinting method that may be faster and more reliable than traditional methods, researchers say.

A method that can classify different species of insects with up to 99 percent accuracy has been created by researchers, a development that could help farmers protect their crops from insect damage and limit the spread of...

Update 12:00 p.m. EDT: The European Space Agency's Proba-2 satellite observed the solar eclipse from orbit. The video of the solar eclipse from the satellite's perspective can be viewed below. The first solar eclipse of ...

"Game of Thrones" Season 4 continues to surprise fans, be it with totally new scenes or shocking deaths, and "First of His Name" looks to continue the series' hot streak. In the "Game of Thrones" Season 4, episode 5 prev...

The Spanish flu pandemic, also called the 1918 flu pandemic, is one of history's greatest biomedical conundrums, primarily because of whom the virus targeted. But new research is helping lay some of the mystery surroundi...

Astronauts on a routine repair mission for the Hubble Space Telescope find themselves coping with more than they bargained for in the pulse-pounding opening sequence of Alfonso Cuaron's Oscar-winning... --

Fiber helps cut your weight by making the body produce the same chemical found in vinegar, which changes the brain cells that regulate hunger.

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University discovered that 'eating for two' during pregnancy could be harmful to women's health. Doctors recommend a modest staged approach of slight caloric intake per trimester.

In the Middle Ages, fleas carried by rats were responsible for spreading the Black Plague. Today in East Africa, they remain important vectors of plague and many other diseases, including Bartonellosis, a potentially dan...

Highly stressed people who eat a lot of high-fat, high-sugar food are more prone to health risks than low-stress people who eat the same amount of unhealthy food, new research finds for the first time. Metabolic syndrome...

This is the dish on the latest exhibits combining science and art around the country. This time the prize for the most bumpin’ scienceArt scene goes to the Northeast, amirite? --

This summer, two separate British airshows will play host to the overseas debut of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a next-generation fighter jet that is being billed as the most advanced warplane of its type yet developed...

Saudi authorities have warned against close contact with camels, and some camel products, after evidence that the animals are the source of the MERS virus

Play this interactive to learn how changing conditions in soil may affect the carbon cycle.