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It may look like fresh blood and flow like fresh blood, but the longer blood is stored, the less it can carry oxygen into the tiny microcapillaries of the body, says a new study from University of Illinois researchers.

Asteroid 2014 RC, which was discovered on Aug. 31, will make its closest approach to Earth on Sunday, though it poses no threat. The asteroid was first observed by the Catalina Sky Survey. Measuring about 60 feet in leng...

Dozens of public-sector agencies and private-sector companies are fast-tracking treatments and vaccines into human trials in response to Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa, but one leading researcher contended t...

Bacteria aren't just tenants inside Sweden's Tjuv-Ante's Cave. The microbes are building calcite dripstones on the ceiling.

In Sweden's Tjuv-Antes cave, bacteria help build fanciful rock formations called dripstones.

Two new lava-spouting fissures opened overnight in Iceland, and NASA's Terra satellite spied the hotspots from space.

Patients with COPD would like healthcare professionals to discuss palliative care needs in more detail, according to a new study. Palliative care refers to care that is focused on making a person comfortable and relievin...

Flour has been identified as the main cause of occupational asthma in France, closely followed by cleaning products. The research, which is the largest of its kind to be undertaken in France, aimed to understand who was ...

An electronic nose can be used to successfully detect different sub-groups of asthmatic children, according to a new study. The new study analysed the profile of exhaled breath in samples from 106 children with asthma or...

Hospitals can greatly improve their flu vaccination rate among health care workers by using a mandatory employee vaccination policy, according to a study. Researchers say the health system studied achieved employee vacci...

Dinosaur giants and sitters, mushroom-growing diapers and a "normal" family are just the tip of the iceberg for this week's cool science articles.