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The idea of storing digital data in DNA seems like science fiction. At first glance, it might not seem obvious that a molecule can store data. The term "data storage" conjures up images of physical artifacts like CDs and...

Cattle herders kill even more leopards than poachers, in revenge for livestock attacks. So helping them protect their animals could save the rare mountain cats

For the first time, an experiment has directly imaged electron orbits in a high-magnetic field, illuminating an unusual collective behavior in electrons and suggesting new ways of manipulating the charged particles.

Scientists have discovered a fundamental new mechanism explaining the inadequate immune defense against chronic viral infection. These results may open up new avenues for vaccine development, say researchers.

European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli spacecraft crashed and possibly exploded --

The lander may have turned off its thrusters too early, meaning it smacked into the ground at high speed with full fuel tanks - and may have exploded

From Vans shoes to Pinterest cakes and the 2020 Olympic Games logo, checkerboard patterns draw us in. Their contrasting colors have symbolized duality, co-existence, and harmony throughout history. They cover floors, fla...

At the second annual International Society of Neurogastronomy Symposium, scientists, doctors, chefs and food scientists discuss flavor perception and quality of life for people who can't enjoy food because of their injur...

New observations of a binary star in the constellation Cygnus suggest they may be in a death spiral and will soon collide and explode

For the first time, scientists have revealed the mechanics of how bacteria build up slimy masses, called biofilms, cell by cell. When encased in biofilms in the human body, bacteria are a thousand times less susceptible ...

Concussion guidelines published over the past decade -- and laws in all states -- now discourage youth athletes from returning to play if they display any signs of concussion after an injury. However, new research confir...

There is a growing body of evidence that pediatric emergency departments are seeing a steady increase in the number of children presenting with headaches.

It's known that adverse childhood experiences carry over into adult life, but a new study is focusing on the effect of these experiences in the childhood years.

What parents share with others about their children in today's digital age presents new and often unanticipated risks.

New research finds that lice can be the end of a happy summer for many kids at sleepaway camp.

A study at a Pennsylvania trauma center found competitive youth motocross athletes suffer potentially life-threatening injuries despite wearing helmets and other safety gear required on the sport's popular rough-terrain ...

Researchers have discovered a potential way to create an antimicrobial drug that would stop one of the world's most prevalent foodborne bugs causing gastroenteritis in humans.

A newly discovered compound has been shown by researchers to block a protein that is essential for the sustained growth of up to a quarter of all cancers.

The first evidence linking a disturbance of the most common protein in the body with a poor outcome in pancreatic cancer has been uncovered by a team of researchers.

Prescribing a medication plan for a patient with Parkinson's disease is a big challenge for doctors, but now a biomedical engineering professor and his students are making great strides in solving that problem with their...

How society treats overweight people makes health matters worse, a new study has found. Among the findings, authors note that people who experience weight discrimination often shun social interaction and skip doctor visi...

A new study shows that even low physical fitness, up to 20% below the average for healthy people, is sufficient to produce a preventive effect on most of the risk factors that affect people with cardiovascular disease.