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Want to stick to a ceiling? You'll need gecko toe hairs. Researchers at Oregon State University say the little green lizards can turn on "stickiness" for the toe hairs on the bottoms of their feet, enabling them to adher...

A Nigerian nurse suspected of having Ebola managed to skip quarantine in Lagos to travel nearly 300 miles to see family, officials said Wednesday. She and the 20 people she came into contact with are now under surveillan...

A computer science and engineering associate professor and her doctoral student graduate are using a genetic computer network inference model that eventually could predict whether a person will suffer from bipolar disord...

Older adults suffering from sleep disturbances are more likely to die by suicide than well-rested adults, according to a study. "This is important because sleep disturbances are highly treatable, yet arguably less stigma...

A way to deliver immunosupressant drugs locally and when prompted, with the use of a biomaterial that self-assembles into a hydrogel (jello-like) material, has been developed by an international team of scientists. The n...

An immune-regulating cell present in lymph nodes may be able to halt severe cases of sepsis, an out-of-control inflammatory response that can lead to organ failure and death. "Our findings are important because, to our k...

Children with high everyday levels of a protein released into the blood in response to infection are at greater risk of developing depression and psychosis in adulthood, according to new research that suggests a role for...

With the ability to use next generation sequencing technology, researchers have a broadened understanding of the association of genetic changes and disease causation to a much greater resolution, driving new discoveries,...

A modified version of the Clostridium novyi (C. novyi-NT) bacterium can produce a strong and precisely targeted anti-tumor response in rats, dogs and now humans, according to a new report. In its natural form, C. novyi i...

Telling the patient and the family the bad news -- it's a daunting first-time experience for physicians and a staple of television medical dramas. But in real life, how do medical/health professionals learn to communicat...

Research efforts exploring low-sodium intake guidelines and implications on cardiac disease and mortality have been supported in a commentary by another expert. National guidelines for sodium intake recommend less than 2...

High-dose influenza vaccine is 24 percent more effective than the standard-dose vaccine in protecting persons ages 65 and over against influenza illness and its complications, according to a study.

Researchers who were using a disinfectant when handling mice have discovered that two active ingredients in it cause declines in mouse reproduction. The ingredients are found in commercial and householder cleaners, disin...

Students fly on 32 parabolic arcs, each with 20 seconds of microgravity in which to conduct experiments. NASA/Microgravity University Three Stanford University students float weightless about 30,000 feet above the Gulf o...

Students fly on 32 parabolic arcs, each with 20 seconds of microgravity in which to conduct experiments. NASA/Microgravity University Three Stanford University students float weightless about 30,000 feet above the Gulf o...

A Navy Performance During Boston Harborfest, 2007 This is very much not the Boston Calling concert, but it's at City Hall Plaza and surrounded by the same brutalist architecture. Dave Kaylor, U.S. Navy, via Wikimedia Com...

Older adults who have trouble sleeping may face an increased risk of suicide, new research suggests.

Two new species of jellyfish have been discovered off the coast of Western Australia. One is surprisingly large. The other is tiny. Both are extremely venomous.

Armchair historians with a knack for reading scratchy handwriting can now help the Smithsonian Institution with a huge effort to preserve thousands of historical letters and journals online.

Kids with immune systems that react strongly to infections could have a higher risk of depression, a new study suggests.

Looking to hitch a ride out of the galaxy? You might want to buy a ticket on a hypervelocity star. These speedy sprites travel between one and two million miles per hour--fast enough to escape the gravitational pull of t...

We've never seen a magnetic north pole without its opposite number, but theory demands that these strange monopoles exist. So why don't we make one instead? (full text available to subscribers)