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The emoji called face with tears of joy, the official Oxford Dictionaries word of the year for 2015,may tap into the human need to use nonverbal cues to express emotions.

A new technology that edits the genes within a cell was used recently to treat a baby with leukemia. The treatment may one day be used to treat other types of cancers, experts say.

Containing human waste and using it's nutrients is a challenge. Nearly a thousand children die each day from illness related to poor sanitation and hygiene.

Do they cure colds? Prevent hair loss? Protect your heart? Mostly what they do is make supplement sellers wealthy - not make you and I more healthy. That said, certain added nutrition in pill form can be helpful, says th...

A new symmetry operation developed by Penn State researchers has the potential to speed up the search for new advanced materials that range from tougher steels to new types of electronic, magnetic, and thermal materials....

The overheating of computer chips is a major obstacle to the development of faster and more efficient computers and mobile phones. One promising remedy for this problem could be a class of materials first discovered just...

A little-known sexually transmitted disease may actually be fairly common, according to a new study.

Air jets and sound waves can be used to levitate objects. But the strangest way of all taps the quantum effects of superconductors. Game developer, space traveler and friend of Scientific... --

We're still feeling the glow of a 2-million-year-old supernova in our cosmic neighbourhood

Charlie Sheen recently disclosed that he is HIV positive, but HIV infection isn't the death sentence it once was.

A UK government programme to reduce the number of people claiming disability benefit seems to have increased mental health problems, including suicide

Armadillos that carry the bacteria that cause leprosy now live over a much larger range of the South than they did just a few years ago, a new study suggests.

What happens when you gather 14 of the world's brightest teenagers at Singularity University and ask them to design the future of education? During last summer's Exponential Youth Camp (XYC)...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory has developed a near ultra-violet and all-organic light emitting diode (OLED) that can be used as an on-chip photosensor.

Teensy parasites called "mucus animals" are actually degenerated jellyfish that sport little stinging cells but no mouth or gut. The finding could expand scientists' definition of the animal kingdom, the researchers say.

Researchers used a powerful, custom-built X-ray microscope at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to directly observe the magnetic version of a soliton, a type of wave that can travel without ...

Scientists fly over, count and climb unhealthy-looking giant sequoias to assess the drought's impact.

It's not easy being clean. Although they might be invisible to the naked eye, contaminants less than a micron in size can ruin very sensitive experiments in particle physics. Flakes of skin, insect parts and other air-su...

Scientists from the Swiss Nanoscience Institute and the Department of Physics at the University of Basel have demonstrated for the first time how electrons are transported from a superconductor through a quantum dot into...

Mechanical eyes that shoot laser beams could one day help robot bees fly without crashing into obstacles, researchers say. These laser eyes could also one day help people control smartphones, wearable technology and othe...

How far could T. rex's jaws stretch? A new study has answers about the breaking point for this dinosaur's bite.

The world's top psychologists have come up with a plan to help prevent long-lasting health problems in those who have experienced severe trauma