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In cancer diagnosis, earlier is better--treatments are more effective and so survival is more likely too. Some forms, like skin or breast cancer, lend themselves to early detection with regular checkups as they can be fo...

A group of researchers from Switzerland has thrown light on the precise mechanisms responsible for the impressive ability of nanoparticles to detect fingermarks left at crime scenes.

Older parents, birth defects, maternal nutrition and childhood exposure to CT scans and pesticides are increasingly being associated with brain tumors in children, according to new research.

By combining data from two high-energy accelerators, nuclear scientists have refined the measurement of a remarkable property of exotic matter known as quark-gluon plasma. The findings reveal new aspects of the ultra-hot...

School has started and Halloween's just around the corner: that mean's it's time for our September news podcast! First up: do you know how old your water is? New research shows that some of the water on Earth predates th...

Gaze into the underwater abyss where hidden mountains lurk and new islands rise from the sea

The first U.S. Ebola victim has been identified as Thomas Eric Duncan, a resident of Monrovia in his mid-40s. Many Americans became fearful Tuesday after it was revealed that someone had contracted the Ebola virus in the...

The man who became the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. on Tuesday was seen vomiting outside his Dallas apartment building as paramedics ushered him into an ambulance Sunday. "His whole family was scre...

At least four Americans have died of a severe respiratory illness that has spread to 42 states, public health officials said Wednesday. The outbreak of enterovirus 68 has caused a rash of child illnesses nationwide, some...

Health officials in Dallas are monitoring a possible second Ebola patient who had close contact with the first person in the U.S. diagnosed with the deadly virus, the director of Dallas County's health department said We...

Four new substances have been added to a list of carcinogens compiled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Image courtesy NASA. If someone asked you what the galaxy looks like from afar, you might tell them it's a spiral. You'd be half-right. If you thought to include dark matter in your answer, you might say that it's a disk...

Health officials in Hawaii said they have determined a man hospitalized in isolation is no longer being evaluated for Ebola.

About 30 percent of transient ischemic attack or 'mini-stroke' patients had symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) results from a new study show. Those with PTSD had more depression, anxiety and reduced mental...

Despite decades of research, scientists have yet to pinpoint the exact cause of nodding syndrome (NS), a disabling disease affecting African children. A new report suggests that blackflies infected with the parasite Onch...

Speech-to-text software for Google Glass has been created that helps hard-of-hearing users with everyday conversations. A hard-of-hearing person wears Glass while a second person speaks directly into a smartphone. The sp...

A biomarker living next door to the KLK3 gene can predict which GS7 prostate cancer patients will have a more aggressive form of cancer, researchers have found.

As many as 100 people may have come into contact with the Ebola patient in Texas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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A mechanism that promotes the progression of medulloblastoma, the most common brain tumor found in children, has been discovered by researchers. The team found that a protein known as Sonic Hedgehog induces DNA damage ca...

The present HIV pandemic almost certainly originated in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a new study. An international team of scientists reconstructed the genetic history of th...

Zoonosis -- transmission of infections from other vertebrates to humans -- causes regular and sometimes serious disease outbreaks. Bats are a well-known vertebrate reservoir of viruses like rabies and Ebola. Recent disco...