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Everyone has been there. No sooner did you or your child touch that old wooden bench when a small sliver of wood slides into the skin - causing a surprising amount of pain. Fortunately, say dermatologists, splinters are ...

NASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered 1,284 new exoplanets, including nine rocky worlds that might be capable of supporting life as we know it. It is by far the biggest haul of alien planets ever unveiled at one t...

A new mouse model of a genetically-linked type of autism reveals more about the role of genes in the disorder and the underlying brain changes associated with autism's social and learning problems. Scientists who develop...

The natural world is the only world, theoretical physicist Sean Carroll argues in a new book --

An odd phenomenon may explain why the Southeastern United States has experienced recent earthquakes, even though the region sits snugly in the middle of a tectonic plate and not at the edges, where all the ground-shaking...

Real world trials of the geoengineering scheme to cut ocean acidification that is harming marine life are planned off the coast of Netherlands

A speculative form of dark matter could have a surprising effect on the universe's early evolution - making gravitational waves from the big bang easier to see

An international team of researchers have been using Diamond Light Source to examine what could be the future of computer storage, with results published in Science. The action centres on a new device made from a novel a...

Two patients with melanoma that had spread to the liver survived for at least 8.5 and 12 years after resection of the hepatic tumor and treatment with patient-specific immunotherapeutic vaccines. The vaccines, designed t...

HDL's heart disease protection depends on the levels of two other blood fats or lipids associated with heart disease, a new study shows for the first time. If these fats are not within normal ranges, even a high HDL may ...

The new planet haul is the biggest yet, bringing the number of confirmed worlds outside our solar system over 3200 - and edges us closer to knowing how many stars host other Earths

Bullying is a serious public health problem, with significant short- and long-term psychological consequences for both the targets and perpetrators of such behavior, and requires a commitment to developing preventive and...

Departing the workforce entirely and entering retirement at age 65 is no longer a reality for many older people in the United States, according to a recent survey. The study finds that there are large numbers of older Am...

A new groundbreaking report finds that years of neglect have had detrimental effects on adolescent health. Two-thirds of young people are growing up in countries where preventable and treatable health problems like HIV/A...

Novel gene mutations that cause hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) have been identified by researchers, a step forward in efforts to treat this debilitating disease.

Bioengineers have converted a protein pathway found in freshwater photosynthetic bacteria into the first engineered transcriptional regulatory tool that is activated exclusively by UV-violet light. The tool could make th...

Even 30 minutes of exercise per week has the potential to significantly reduce a woman's risk of developing cervical cancer, according to a study, report investigators.

U.S. researchers have just completed a national study on the factors linked to satisfaction with appearance and weight. In a survey of more than 12,000 Americans adults, the questions focused on personality, beliefs abou...

Common measures used by government agencies and public rankings to rate the safety of hospitals do not accurately capture the quality of care provided, new research suggests.

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated conclusively that 'jumping genes' appear to play a key role in the generation of cancer. This is the first study to ever elucidate this process.

Babies born with a low birthweight are at an increased risk of death in infancy right through to adolescence compared to babies born at a normal birthweight, according to new research.

In Alzheimer's disease, plaques of amyloid beta protein accumulate in the brain, damaging connections between neurons. Now, researchers have found that the enzyme Protein Kinase C (PKC) alpha is necessary for amyloid bet...