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A new map reveals the path the Ebola virus took as the deadly virus spread across Sierra Leone.

An ozone hole larger than the North American continent was observed over Antarctica by researchers at the German Aerospace Center. It's the first time the ozone hole has been this large since 2006.

These torch-wielding robots might be the new face of manufacturing.

North America rocks. That's what a new three-part series from "NOVA" shows as it explores the rich history of the continent -- from glaciers in Alaska to volcanoes in Hawaii to the crystal-clear waters of the Bahamas.

The way to increase the power and efficiency of magnetic fusion energy may be to risk running the plasma - hotter than 100-million-degrees C - closer than ever to the wall, according to new experimental results achieved ...

The neuroscience community is saluting the creation of a "Golden Window" for deep brain imaging by researchers at The City College of New York led by biomedical engineer Lingyan Shi. This is a first for brain imaging, sa...

The way to increase the power and efficiency of magnetic fusion energy may be to risk running the plasma - hotter than 100-million-degrees C - closer than ever to the wall, according to new experimental results achieved ...

Dust is everywhere: under the bed, on the stairs and even inside of plasmas. A team of researchers from Auburn University, the University of Iowa and the University of California, San Diego, using the new Magnetized Dust...

Meet "Super H mode," a newly discovered state of tokamak plasma that could sharply boost the performance of future fusion reactors. This new state raises the pressure at the edge of the plasma beyond what previously had ...

Engineers at CalTech discovered that for sand dunes to produce sound they need a dry layer on top that amplifies internal frequencies during sand movement. Christopher Intagliata reports. --

A 'brightly fluorescent protein' has been revealed in some species of marine eels causing them to glow. Researchers have speculated that, because the full moon 'excites' the glow of the sea creature, this may be a mating...

When scuba-diving scientists serendipitously spotted a glowing green eel in January 2011, they had no idea what caused it to light up like a brilliant neon sign.

A serendipitous photo taken during a scuba-diving trip in the Caribbean clued researchers into the world of a mysterious green and glowing eel.

Jeremy Howard opened his machine learning talk at Exponential Medicine by noting he would be presenting from his laptop. Something epic had just happened, and he had to include it....

The western lobe of Pluto's "heart" is surprisingly young -- no more than 10 million years old -- and the dwarf planet's atmosphere is surprisingly compact. The latest research from the New Horizons mission continues to ...

A "zombie" star and the remains of its lunch are revealed in a new close-up view, 12 years in the making.

Stone Age people used beeswax and, most likely, honey, a habit that began at least as early as the beginning of agriculture.

President Obama cancelled it, but the Keystone XL pipeline may have been doomed by the US oil industry itself, as much as the environmental movement

The MAVEN orbiter is trying to figure out why the Red Planet lost all its water - and a massive solar flare in March could help

New printing systems create additions that can augment and repair things we already own

Tiny cages with nanowire bars could block light from entering or exiting, but allow other materials through - which might be useful for biomedicine

Genetic analysis of microbial DNA from our guts suggests there is a whole new domain of life lurking inside our own bodies - the dark matter of life