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In 1665 Christiaan Huygens discovered that two pendulum clocks, hung from the same wooden structure, will always oscillate in synchronicity. Today, some 350 years on, Eindhoven and Mexican researchers present the most ac...

Man-made activities are putting Oklahoma and some of its neighboring states in danger of having an earthquake of California-size proportions, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports.

Newer isn't always better -- some researchers are proposing to bring back an older version of the whooping cough vaccine, because multiple studies show that today's version doesn't protect as well as the earlier kind.

As stem cell-based therapies are moving rapidly towards clinical trials, treatments for Parkinson's Disease (PD), an incurable condition, may be on the horizon. A recent announcement of a Phase I/IIa clinical trial invol...

Take-home naloxone should be an additional standard of care for prevention of heroin overdose death, say scientists. The study estimates that naloxone successfully reversed heroin overdose in 96 to 99% of cases.

(European Commission Joint Research Centre) A lack of standards for testing polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells -- the most attractive type of fuel cells for powering vehicles -- has hampered objective comparat...

(National Radio Astronomy Observatory) Combining an orbiting radio telescope with telescopes on Earth made a system capable of the highest resolution of any observation ever made in astronomy. The super sharp radio 'visi...

Is there a vaccine against Zika? And how does it spread? Many in the U.S. don't know, a new poll finds.

John Mckeon captured an impact on the gas giant on March 17th, 2016 (00:18:45 UT). The video was snapped using an an 11" SCT with an ASI120mm camera and Ir-pass 742nm filter. It was most likely an asteroid or comet colli...

Scientists have devised a triple-stage 'cluster bomb' system for delivering the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, via tiny nanoparticles designed to break up when they reach a tumor.

Drinking a high carbohydrate shake can have an acute and detrimental effect on heart function, a study has found. Researchers studied 33 individuals who were given an acute carbohydrate load in the form of a 264-kilocalo...

In order to preserve first-line drugs for treating malaria, multiple combination therapies should be deployed within a population to prevent resistance from developing, according to new research.

An automated 'sample-to-answer' system could provide Ebola virus disease (EVD) diagnosis more quickly and easily than the current standard test, according to new research.

The map reveals how extensively past interbreeding has affected people alive today.

Could a one-a-day pill be the answer for women with stress urinary incontinence - a condition resulting in leakage with coughing, sneezing and laughing? Urologists are beginning a study on postmenopausal women with stres...

The cellular mechanisms driving the aging process in worms has been identified by researchers, uncovering insights that could increase our own longevity.

Researchers have identified an immune protein in mice that is quickly triggered in the body following infection and serves to protect the body's tissues. Called 'RELMalpha,' this protein (homologue in humans is 'resistin...

A group of scientists has discovered a long-hypothesized male determining gene in the mosquito species that carries malaria, laying the groundwork for the development of strategies that could help control the disease.

A northern bias in research means red squirrels and wild boars are well-studied, while some of the world's most biodiverse regions are poorly understood

Not all great ideas come in the shower. Sometimes inspiration strikes when you're whipping up a stack of pancakes. At least that's what happened to the man who filmed the video above when he paused his cooking to perform...

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends against using a screening tool to identify developmental delay in children aged 1 to 4 years who have no apparent signs or parental concerns, according to a ne...

Molecular basis of changes in mood and mood-associated behaviors are unknown. Researchers in Japan have succeeded in predicting states of mood-change-like behavior by studying the gene expression patterns in the brain in...