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Further analysis of the debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 points to a possible new search area in the Indian Ocean.

What is this strange purple sea orb found near the Channel Islands?

Like a whirlpool, a new light-based communication tool carries data in a swift, circular motion.

Like a whirlpool, a new light-based communication tool carries data in a swift, circular motion.

Researchers have developed a hybrid treatment that harnesses a monoclonal antibody to deliver antisense DNA to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells and that may lead to less toxic treatments for the disease.

Safe driving requires clear central vision and adequate peripheral vision. Glaucoma typically leads to constriction of the visual field, sparing the central vision.

New research finds that individuals who report being victims of crime to police are less likely to become future victims of crime than those who do not report their initial experiences.

Reducing firearm access, smart gun technology, and public education could reduce firearm suicides in the United States, finds a new report.

French utility company EDF is going ahead with plans for a massive new nuclear reactor in the UK, but there are many reasons to doubt it will ever be finished, says Michael Le Page

Researchers are closer to finding a better way to treat children with a rare metabolic disorder called MPS I.

Though the drug levodopa can dramatically improve Parkinson's disease symptoms, within five years one-half of the patients using L-DOPA develop an irreversible condition -- involuntary repetitive, rapid and jerky movemen...

A new study aims to take advantage of sweat's trove of medical information through the development of a sustainable, wearable sensor to detect lactate levels in your perspiration.

The effectiveness of reprogramming cells into blood cells is thought to depend on the original cell type and reprogramming method. Researchers show this assumption is actually the result of epigenetic effects, suggesting...

An international team of researchers has discovered the mutation responsible for a rare, newly identified genetic disorder that causes craniofacial abnormalities and developmental delays. The mutation disrupts normal pro...

While it's a matter of conventional wisdom in popular culture that raising antioxidant levels in the body tends to keep cancer at bay, a research team demonstrates that in pancreatic cells on the road to cancer or alread...

New research helps explain how a hormone system often targeted to treat cardiovascular disease can also lower metabolism and promote obesity.

All at once, a roundworm overhauls an array of survival strategies, and researchers suspect multiple mutations behind it. But they're surprised when they trace the sweeping changes back to one tiny mutation on a single g...

In what is being called the first-ever test of open-source drug-discovery, researchers from around the world have successfully identified compounds to pursue in treating and preventing parasite-borne illnesses such as ma...

Women could prevent contracting the mosquito-borne Zika virus while pregnant by timing the first months of pregnancy with seasonal declines in mosquito activity. The paper is the first to suggest that women in the countr...

BCG, the only currently approved TB vaccine, is only partially effective. Given the complicated TB treatment, the rise of adult TB cases in conjunction with the HIV epidemic, and increasing multidrug-resistant TB strains...

You load a rock into a small pouch, pull it back until the bands are stretched tightly, and let the rock fly. A few seconds later, a window shatters into a million pieces. Slingshots-5.Image Credit: Stephanie Sicore (CC...

Undergrad engineers have designed a low-cost, low-tech device to make it easier for combat medics to create an artificial airway and pump air into the lungs of wounded soldiers.