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In your body, the bacteria cells outnumber the human cells, and in recent years, researchers have begun to pay more attention to these microbes and their impact on our health.

During the worst week yet in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa -- the virus has now spread from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to Nigeria and Senegal as of Friday -- GlaxoSmithKline plc announced Thursday that it will ...

Batteries will soon get the energy boost from sugar that we do.

Methane plumes erupting, a walking fish and endangered coral species -- just a few of the amazing photos this week in Science.

Think a dead snake never hurt anybody? Think again.

Making something new is never easy. Scientists constantly theorize about new materials, but when the material is manufactured it doesn't always work as expected. To create a new strategy for designing materials, scientis...

A new research platform uses a laser to measure the "nanomechanical" properties of tiny structures undergoing stress and heating, an approach likely to yield insights to improve designs for microelectronics and batteries...

On the one-hundredth anniversary of the last passenger pigeon's death, reflections on the loss of darkened skies.

An investigational new heart failure drug could be poised to change the face of cardiology based on Hot Line results. The new agent, known as LCZ696, has already been granted Fast Track status by the FDA -- a designation...

The experimental drug ZMapp, which was given to two American aid workers stricken with Ebola in Africa, has shown 100 percent positive results on monkeys, a new study revealed. The study has given rise to hopes that the ...

A team of international scientists has conducted a new study, which shows that many genes controlling the development of the brain and the nervous system played a significant role in domesticating wild rabbits thousands ...

What makes our sun shine has been a mystery for most of human history.

Glass has many applications that call for different properties, such as resistance to thermal shock or to chemically harsh environments. Glassmakers commonly use additives such as boron oxide to tweak these properties by...

The inside scoop on the best science art exhibitions around the country: EXHIBITS: NORTHEAST REGION LIFE: Magnified June – November 2014 Gateway Gallery Between Concourse C and the AeroTrain... --