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A new camera that looks like a flat sheet of paper is so thin and flexible that it could be wrapped around everyday objects, such as desks, cars, streetlights and even clothing, new research shows.

The shimmering atmospheric lighting displays known as auroras have never looked sharper than in a new NASA video.

A simple, clever new experiment shows that, at faster-than-light speeds, waves can appear to be traveling backward in time.

No one who isn't an astronaut has ever seen the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis like this. Harmonic produced this mash-up of solar storm-induced beauty for the NASA TV UHD channel.

Transgender university and college students are at a significantly higher risk for suicide attempts when their campus experience includes denial of access to bathrooms and gender-appropriate campus housing, according to ...

With the re-emergence of measles, mumps, diphtheria, and other vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs), many healthcare providers are encountering these diseases--and their potentially serious and even fatal outcomes--for th...

An international team of scientists has developed methods to improve the performance of a conductive plastic that can be used in devices that interface with the human body.

Although the causes of obesity are complex, families have significant influence on children's dietary habits and weight, and should be involved in planning healthy living campaigns and efforts to curb food marketing that...

A study of female inmates suggests those who grew up in homes where at least one adult was incarcerated were at greater risk for lifelong neurological problems.

One of Britain's best-preserved Roman-age villas was recently discovered beneath a home in southwest England.

Does including a religious message in a public service announcement warning of the dangers of alcohol use make a difference to the viewer, especially if that person lives in a Middle Eastern country in which the predomin...

One of the first mouse models has been developed for the study of the Zika virus. The model will allow researchers to better understand how the virus causes disease and aid in the development of antiviral compounds and v...

Researchers are developing a new drug to treat life-threatening lung damage and breathing problems in people with severe infections like pneumonia, those undergoing certain cancer treatments and premature infants with un...

The dinosaurs -- the so-called tyrants of the Mesozoic era -- weren't exactly thriving during their last few million years on Earth, a new study finds.

The "Hoverboard": simultaneously one of the most popular and irritating gadgets to emerge in recent memory. From the misleading name (unlike other hoverboards we've encountered, they don't even hover!) to their tendency ...

Aspirin use is associated with a significantly reduced risk of developing bile duct cancer, also called cholangiocarcinoma, report scientists at the conclusion of their study.

Parents outperform even sophisticated measurement systems in emergency departments when it comes to estimating their children's body weight, according to the results of a systematic review of the literature on pediatric ...

Currently, seasonal flu vaccines are designed to induce high levels of protective antibodies against hemagglutinin (HA), a protein found on the surface of the influenza virus that enables the virus to enter a human cell ...

Two novel biological measuring systems have been developed that facilitate better analysis of disease-relevant changes in the oxidation state of cells. One of the methods can be used, for the first time, to observe varia...

An increase in women with breast cancer choosing double mastectomy may be influenced by media coverage of celebrities, a new study finds.

A phase 1 trial has been conducted to evaluate the tolerability and immunogenicity of two candidate Ebola vaccines, an adenovirus type 26 vector vaccine (Ad26.ZEBOV), and a modified Ankara vector vaccine (MVA-BN-Filo).

Researchers examined tumor response and overall survival following administration of the antibody pembrolizumab among patients with advanced melanoma.