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In modern microscope imaging techniques, lasers are used as light sources because they can deliver fast pulsed and extremely high-intensity radiation to a target, allowing for rapid image acquisition. However, traditiona...

A new screening test for ovarian cancer can detect more women with the disease than previous methods, a new study from the United Kingdom suggests.

Few people can hope to achieve the feats of genius Albert Einstein, but now, there may at least be a way to write like the famous physicist, thanks to a font styled after his handwriting.

Virgin Galactic's chief pilot David Mackay on how he's gearing up to take tourists to the edge of space - and why recent tragedies won't stop him (full text available to subscribers)

What makes skin so tough? Originally published: May 4 2015 - 11:45am, Inside Science News ServiceBy: Lisa Marie Potter, Contributor(Inside Science) -- Skin has to be flexible enough to jump, crawl, and kick with us. It a...

Tesla has just unveiled a line of home batteries, but they aren't much different from the batteries that currently power their cars, experts say.

When disasters like the Nepal earthquake strike, seemingly out of the blue, one can't help but feel anguish at the mismatch between the capacity of human memory and the tenacity of denial.

Two super-fast conveyor belts of sinking crust explain why India set a continental speed record as it crashed into Eurasia.

A vast region of space colder than expected is also largely devoid of galaxies, and the two observations are no coincidence. Clara Moskowitz reports   --

People with seasonal allergies may benefit from eating probiotics, scientists said after looking at 23 studies.

We may be masters of architecture here on Earth, but with a couple of leaps in technology, we could tinker with the shape of the cosmos - and even its fate (full text available to subscribers)

The name of Prince William and Kate Middleton's second child, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, is both a classic and diplomatic choice.

In modern microscope imaging techniques, lasers are used as light sources because they can deliver fast pulsed and extremely high-intensity radiation to a target, allowing for rapid image acquisition. However, traditiona...

Young children with "night terrors" could be at greater risk for sleepwalking later in life, a new study from Canada suggests.

Australians take an average of 4 days off a year due to heat stress – that plus lower productivity on hot days dents economic output by nearly 0.5 per cent

Eerie sounds from the edge of space were recorded for the first time in 50 years aboard a NASA student balloon experiment.

Controversy swirls around a bold proposal for a bigger, better—and expensive—replacement for NASA’s premier space telescope --

In a stroke of luck, no major hurricanes rated Category 3 or higher have struck U.S. soil during the past nine years, a new study finds.

For women, money problems may be linked with an increased risk of heart attack.

GPS running watches can track everything from your steps per minute to the length of your stride, but analyzing all that data can be a chore -- especially if you don't have a running coach to help you make sense of your ...

For several years, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has pursued an indirect drive approach to ignition, using cylindrically shaped gold cans known as hohlraums.

If we really are alone in the universe, should we take Earth's life to other planets? Especially as we might already have the means (full text available to subscribers)