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Coal miners mine coal; diamond miners mine diamonds; gold miners mine gold; space miners (will) mine space--and anything in it that has precious metals or compounds that can be whisked...

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics was shared by Arthur B. McDonald, the leader of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO), and Takaaki Kajita, a leader of the Super-Kamiokande collaboration, "for the discovery of neutrino o...

The discovery of a spaniel-size ceratopsian that walked on its two hind legs reveals that Late Jurassic horned dinosaurs were much more diverse than previously thought, a new study finds.

Explosives detection is important for ensuring the safety of public spaces, transportation and water systems, but it can be challenging to carry out. Now scientists report in the journal ACS Nano a new step toward a more...

Thanks to 'big data', researchers have identified new molecules that are instrumental in the replication of the flu virus. If these host proteins are blocked, influenza viruses are unable to multiply as effectively. The ...

Canada's longest-running study of drug use among Ontario students in Grades 7-12 shows binge drinking remains high, e-cigarettes are used more often than cigarettes, and more than 25 percent of students are allowed to dr...

When we get cold sores, the reason is likely related to stress. For the first time, researchers discovered a cellular mechanism that allows the herpes simplex virus to reactivate. They also found how brain cells are dupe...

New details into the link between epilepsy and suicidal behavior have been released. The research finds that suicide attempts -- whether a first attempt or a recurrent attempt -- are associated with new onset epilepsy in...

Exposure to bullying as a child was associated with psychiatric disorders in adulthood that required treatment in a study of Finnish children, according to an article published online by JAMA Psychiatry.

Cornell University researchers have unlocked a reproductive secret in domestic dogs, resulting in the first litter of puppies born through in vitro fertilization.

The first-ever litter of 'test tube' puppies arrived after decades of experimentation and canine reproduction research. And they are adorable.

Scientists demonstrate that the protein kinase TAK1 (transforming growth factor-B-activated kinase 1) is vital in regulating the survival and proliferation of satellite stem cells, responsible for regenerating adult skel...

Increasing state alcohol taxes could help prevent sexually transmitted infections, such as gonorrhea, according to US researchers, who found that gonorrhea rates decreased by 24 percent in Maryland after the state increa...

Uncontrolled proliferation of endothelial cells in small pulmonary arteries is a key feature in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension. Now it has been shown that small RNA fragments (microRNAs) affect the expression...

Birds often travel in flocks, and fish in schools -- but can physics help us understand why? Image Credit: Becker, A.D. et al. From a fluid dynamics perspective, there are actually a few very good reasons.  On today's p...

Mum's the word: The secretive X-37B space plane has winged its way past the 200 day mark, carrying out a classified agenda for the U.S. Air Force.

Researchers have developed a new method for generating complex shapes, and have found that the development of form in nature can be driven by the physical properties of materials themselves, in contrast with earlier find...

A mathematical problem underlying fundamental questions in particle and quantum physics is provably unsolvable, according to scientists at UCL, Universidad Complutense de Madrid - ICMAT and Technical University of Munich...

Tennis court that helps you play, knit your own keyboard

The activity of thousands of sperm genes appears to differ between healthy and obese men, suggesting that a man's weight may be passed on to the next

The most controversial type of gene editing has got the cautious nod of approval. The decision could see germline gene editing being used in just decades

A citizen science project is finding aurora borealis in skies of central Europe and much of the US, further south than satellite-based forecast models predict