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Bioprinting is a growing field in medicine that has scientists well on their way to replicating human organs. But engineering true to life vascular networks has always been a challenge. Until now.

Alaska officials have raised the alert level on Monday for Pavlof Volcano from "Watch" to "Warning," indicating that a low-level eruption of one of the state's most active volcanoes may be intensifying.

After 50 years of trying, physicists have tuned into the radio waves given off by fireballs streaking through Earth's atmosphere

Scientists may one day be able to use electronic copies of human brains to explore the nature of the mind. But is it ethical to make that e-mind suffer and die if one can resurrect it at will and delete any memory of the...

It's easier to detect exoplanets around M-dwarfs, the most common type of star in our galaxy, but these worlds also may suffer from a life-threatening solar wind --

Antibiotics can reduce the diversity of bacteria in the gut, which has been linked to higher risk of colorectal cancer.

Alexander Shulgin, who synthesized and documented the effects of hundreds of psychoactive substances, has passed away at age 88.

An antimicrobial substance in pine tree bark may have a use for treating skin cancer.

Obama aims to slash CO2 pollution from the electric power sector by 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

In honor of this month's 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, pilots from Britain's Royal Air Force recreated the first images taken of the fateful landings on the beaches of Normandy by their counterparts during Worl...

Researchers from Brown University have developed a new biochip sensor that can selectively measure concentrations of glucose in a complex solution similar to human saliva. The advance is an important step toward a device...

Fritjof Capra goes beyond The Tao of Physics with The Systems View of Life, a much-needed vision of biology with a dash of Eastern mysticism

The number of people known to be infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) just jumped by more than 100 after Saudi Arabian officials reexamined old medical records.

As well as helping people lose weight, diets tailored to an individual's genetic make-up could one day help fussy eaters get all the nutrients they need

A dust storm, or haboob, hit Tehran on June 2, 2014, killing at least four people and knocking out power to more than 50,000 homes and businesses. Photography student Alireza Naseri took a stunning picture of the storm f...

New research published today by researchers from CERN has brought us a step closer to understanding where all the antimatter has gone. This matter-antimatter asymmetry is one of the greatest challenges in physics and at ...

Using 3D-printing methods, researchers have created artificial blood vessels in a lab. The bioprinted structures could be used for transplants or for testing new drugs, scientists say.

A study tracking hundreds of Scottish people reveals that those who learned an extra language have sharper minds now they've reached 70

Fabien Cousteau Brian Hall Earlier this week Fabien Cousteau, oldest grandson of ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, descended to the Aquarius undersea lab of Key Largo, Florida. Cousteau will live in the habitat 31 days, a...

A Da Vinci drawing, believed to be a self-portrait, has been intimately explored to find out how to save it - and nothing but light touched it in the process

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See amazing images of two exploding volcanoes on opposite shores of the Pacific Ocean.