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The UN is investigating reports that a barrel bomb containing chlorine gas was dropped on rebel-held territory in Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday

The old joke about fusion is that it is 30 years from becoming a reality -- and that's been the case for the last 50 years or more. It's a joke that may quickly be reaching its sell-by date. And a good thing too. The pro...

A large team made up of researchers from across the globe has repeated experiments conducted several years ago that showed a different radius for a proton when it was orbited by a muon as opposed to an electron--a findin...

Nanobeads are all around us- and are, some might argue, used too frequently in everything from sun-screen to white paint, but a new ground-breaking application is revealing hidden worlds.

Gingivitis, a common and mild form of gum disease can progress to periodontitis, a more serious infection that damages the soft tissue of the gums and sometimes even destroys the bone supporting the teeth. An internation...

Scientists have identified the molecule that recognizes the influenza virus in infected cells and triggers their suicide to fight the infection, outlines a new report.

Doctors often worry that giving patients too much information will be overwhelming or harmful. However, a study by OpenNotes is showing the exact opposite. After giving 20,000 patients access to doctor's notes through th...

Researchers have devised a method for producing toroid-shaped particles through a process called vortex ring freezing. The particles are mass produceable through inexpensive electrospraying.

Chemists have found that the Zika virus contains genetic structures similar to other viruses in the Flaviviridae family, and that these structures may serve as potential antiviral drug targets.

How do we gain the immense benefits of advanced nanotechnology while avoiding its potential misuse? This was Christine Peterson's big question when she co-founded the Foresight Institute, a non-profit think tank focused ...

A brilliantly hued Galapagos songbird is not one species, but two -- or at least it was.

The San Cristóbal Island vermilion flycatcher has almost certainly already vanished from its home in the Galápagos Islands, according to a new study. Here are photos of the red songbird.

The US is considering a resumption of funding for the creation of human-animal chimeras. That's good news for all of us

When placed in an acoustic field, small objects experience a net force that can be used to levitate the objects in air. In a new study, researchers have experimentally demonstrated the acoustic levitation of a 50-mm (2-i...

Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates in California have decreased markedly for men and women in all major racial-ethnic groups since 1990, except for Hispanic men -- a disparity that can be improved by greater...

Millions of elderly Americans with physical or cognitive impairments receive nonmedical home-care services and are often hospitalized for potentially avoidable complications. A phone-based checklist can help detect tellt...

Researchers have discovered that our brain actively takes sugar from the blood. Prior to this, researchers had assumed that this was a purely passive process. The transportation of sugar into the brain is regulated by so...

Acute diarrhea entails annual health care costs of EUR 29 to EUR 45 million in Switzerland. Thereof, around a quarter is due to infections of the diarrhea-causing pathogen Campylobacter, say investigators.

Scientists at the interface of biophysics, evolutionary biology and systems biology have developed a new framework to analyze effects of global crosstalk on gene regulation, a new report explains.

Intestinal flora has multiple influences on human health, but research has new revealed that it is also likely to have an effect on the body's response to drugs. Individual changes in the intestinal flora caused by antib...

From incredible memories, to exceptional mathematical or musical ability, a deep-brain scanner could reveal what's going on inside savants' heads

University of Delaware researchers report in a new study that offshore wind may be more powerful, yet more turbulent than expected in the North Eastern United States.