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A new wearable medical device can quickly alert a person if they are having cardiovascular trouble or if it's simply time to put on some skin moisturizer, researchers report. The small device, approximately five centimet...

U.S. hospitals do not have the means to properly dispose of medical waste contaminated with Ebola, biosafety experts have said. If Ebola patients were to arrive in the country for treatment unannounced, it could put hosp...

Supposed evidence of gravitational waves from the dawn of time may actually be the signature of dust and gas in our own Milky Way galaxy, a new study reports.

For people with varicose veins, laser therapy remains the best option for treatment, a new study says.

Deutsche Post DHL has been conducting test of its "parcelcopter" in Bonn, Germany. Currently there are no plans for regular delivery service via drone.

Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system turns against itself, attacking a person's healthy tissue, cells and organs. New findings by a biomedical engineer and his team raise hope for a new class ...

When pregnant women are educated about their choices on prenatal genetic testing, the number of tests actually drops, even when the tests are offered with no out-of-pocket costs, a clinical trial has found. The findings ...

A pair of drones is flying over ancient Greek cities, building precise 3D maps and searching for clues to still-buried artefacts

The camera trap video shows a curious domestic cat about to get a huge surprise. A Florida alligator nearly catches the feline in its fearsome jaws. Alligators live in wetlands throughout the Lower Florida Keys.

People's recovery times after surgery vary greatly, so its hard to predict how long any one person will be laid up after an operation. But now, researchers are looking to an experimental blood test that may hold some clu...

Sensors worn by office workers reveal how optimising building layouts can promote spontaneous conversations

To illustrate global warming's possible effects on local weather, 13 nations from around the world created future weather reports in the lead-up to the UN Climate Summit yesterday (Sept. 23) in New York City.

Every decision you make may spawn parallel universes where people are suffering because of your choice. Welcome to the quantum moral maze (full text available to subscribers)

Ovarian cancer is the most deadly gynecological cancer, claiming the lives of more than 50 percent of women who are diagnosed with the disease. A new study provides new insight into why ovarian cancer is often resistant ...

Two decades after its initiation, a program launched for substance-exposed babies and toddlers demonstrates long-term success. The program is designed to help children from birth to three years of age who are development...

Over 500 million people worldwide carry a genetic mutation that disables a common metabolic protein called ALDH2. The mutation, which predominantly occurs in people of East Asian descent, leads to an increased risk of he...

The millions of people who undergo major surgery each year have no way of knowing how long it will take them to recover from the operation. Some will feel better within days. For others, it will take a month or more. Rig...

Mexican cavefish saves energy by ditching circadian rhythm.

Take a closer look at these caterpillars, bugs, moths, wasps and butterflies to learn more about insects found in the eastern half of the United States.

Observations of planet HAT-P-11b by the Hubble, Spitzer and Kepler Space Telescopes were used to make the discovery. The planet is 120 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus. Full Story: ://goo.gl/8h7zEP

MagMIMO senses where your phone is and fires a targeted magnetic field to keep it charged up - so you'll never have to plug in again

A geomagnetic reversal may happen sooner than expected --