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Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have grown a line of brain cells that develop the telltale structures of Alzheimer's disease. The research published online Sunday in the journal Nature reproduced the full c...

A wreck of a U.S. World War II plane found in Italia brings back a forgotten story of death and survival.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston said it has put Ebola protocols into place for a patient complaining of Ebola-like symptoms, the Boston Globe reported. The patient was rushed to Beth Israel Deaconess Sunda...

Four San Francisco Bay Area faults have built up enough seismic strain to unleash destructive earthquakes.

September 2014 was the warmest September since 1880, update NASA data shows.

A new breed of structures called skutterudites could finally tap the floods of energy our machines waste as heat (full text available to subscribers)

The discovery of a 'maternal age effect' could be used to predict the accumulation of mitochondrial DNA mutations in maternal egg cells -- and the transmission of these mutations to children. These mutations cause more t...

The patterns of youth sports injury rates, such as top 5 most common sports and recreation injuries, have been explored by researchers. The study suggests that tailoring safety regulations more closely by age could impac...

Inflammatory cells in the colon, or polyps, are very common after the age of 50. Most are benign, but some will develop into colon cancer. Now, in an animal study, an oral medication has successfully treated chronic, pre...

A recent case of a baby's liver-kidney transplantation not only saved her life, but has in fact been recognized as the world's smallest transplantation of its kind.

Results of a small clinical trial suggest that a chemical derived from broccoli sprouts -- and best known for claims that it can help prevent certain cancers -- may ease classic behavioral symptoms in those with autism s...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has a history of phreatic eruptions, the same deadly blast that caught hikers at Japan's Mount Ontake volcano.

People with autism may show improvements in their social skills after taking a compound called sulforaphane, which is extracted from broccoli, a small new study suggests.

Oil rigs are rarely lauded by conservationists, but fish seem to love them – they have more fish living around them than natural rocky reefs do

It's one of the toughest challenges in artificial intelligence: teaching a computer to understand us so well that it can write a story we'll want to hear (full text available to subscribers)

Like a marching band falling out of step, muscle cells fail to perform in unison in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Researchers reveal how this breakdown leads to the proliferation of stiff fibrotic tissue wit...

Imagine no tears during infant vaccines and no fear of the needle for those old enough to know what's coming. Such painless injections could be possible with a device that applies pressure and vibration while the needle ...

Researchers are one step closer to confirming what people in New Orleans have known for decades: Jazz is good for you. Patients undergoing elective hysterectomies who listened to jazz music during their recovery experien...

Hospital workers must be careful to avoid contamination when removing their soiled protective gear.

From home shopping to homeland security, big data's sausage machine is devouring us all, according to Christian Rudder's future-looking Dataclysm

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have obtained the first direct observations of atomic diffusion inside a bulk material. The research, which could be used to give unprecedented insi...

Tropical storm Vongfong made landfall in Japan on Monday and brought the southern part of the island nation to a standstill. At least 60 people were injured and one person went missing. Vongfong was downgraded from a typ...