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After strapping on the futuristic Genworth R70i 'aging suit', Live Science writer Laura Geggel got a taste of what may be her own future.

New research has identified how liquid-like materials can change into a solid-like state without the addition of extra particles or changes in volume.

If you wish you could replicate the stomach-churning experience of the intergalactic "Star Tours" ride at Disneyland, or feel all the bumps and lurches of "The Simpsons" ride at Universal Studios, you're in luck.

A study from an international research team finds that familial hypercholesterolemia accounts for less than 2 percent of severely elevated LDL in the general population. But the team also found that the risk of coronary ...

Allergy season can be the worst time of year for people suffering with restless legs syndrome because popular over the counter medications can make symptoms much worse, say experts.

Pulmonary edema is a significant risk for anyone spending time at high altitudes, and also affects people with chronic conditions including congestive heart failure. Researchers show an inhalable form of the drug Ambrise...

A new study tracks the emissions associated with 39 vegetarian meat alternatives, finding that producing these foods generates approximately 10 times less greenhouse gas emissions than producing comparable beef-based pro...

A study of people who placed a relative or friend in a nursing home found that few people were aware of the Nursing Home Compare website, published online by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to help familie...

A new app can improve a patient's choice of a nursing home. This is important, because when rating quality measures for nursing homes, patients and experts at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) usually ...

Researchers at the University of Georgia and at Ben-Gurion University in Israel have demonstrated for the first time that nanoscale electronic components can be made from single DNA molecules. Their study, published in t...

An arthropod that lived 430 million years ago protected its developing young by attaching their egg pouches to its back with threads, trailing them like tiny kites.

Engineers have created a new material with an unusual chemical structure that makes it incredibly hard and yet elastic.

Construction begins today on a major upgrade to a unique X-ray laser at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The project will add a second X-ray laser beam that's 10,000 times brighter, on ave...

X-ray free-electron lasers, first realized a decade ago, produce the brightest X-rays on the planet, and scientists tap into these unique X-rays to explore matter at the atomic scale and observe processes that occur in j...

Villanova's 44-point drubbing of Oklahoma on Saturday (April 2) sealed the Apollo 11 moonwalker's victory over ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale in the fourth annual "Allstate March Mayhem Challenge."

Working with human breast cancer cells, a team of scientists has successfully turned off a misbehaving protein that fuels the growth of a particularly aggressive, drug-resistant form of the disease known as triple-negati...

Tests used to diagnose and assess the severity of coronary artery disease appear to function differently for women and men who have stable symptoms, according to researchers.

Disparities in pain management may be attributable in part to bias, a new report suggests. The research has documented that black Americans are systematically undertreated for pain relative to white Americans, likely due...

The huge Argyre basin in southern Mars contains a wealth of ingredients thought necessary for the evolution of life, and should be a prime target for a tier of future missions, study team members said.

Stem cell therapies capable of regenerating any human tissue damaged by injury, disease or ageing could be available within a few years, following landmark research.

In the final, five-year follow-up report from the influential STAMPEDE trial, research shows that bariatric surgery's beneficial effects on blood glucose control in mild and moderately obese patients with type 2 diabetes...

A daily dose of vitamin D3 improves heart function in people with chronic heart failure, a five-year research project has found. The study involved more than 160 patients who were already being treated for their heart fa...