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First results of NSTX-U research operations presented at the International Atomic Energy Agency Conference in Kyoto, Japan

(DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Microbes have a remarkable ability to adapt to the extreme conditions in fracking wells. New finding help scientists understand what is happening inside fracking wells and coul...

Rodents can be tricked into thinking a fake tail is their own, and in doing so may help us develop prosthetic limbs that are more easily incorporated into body image

How does space travel affect the spine? Astronauts on long missions in space have atrophy of the muscles supporting the spine--which don't return to normal even several weeks after their return to Earth, reports a study.

Just about everything that's considered a "gadget" these days--from your phone to your laptop to the wireless earbuds Apple's forcing you to buy--runs on lithium-ion batteries. They're cheap, powerful for their weight, a...

Some mental health problems require a therapist. Other times, we just need a mental readjustment. Here are 9 ways you can improve your mental health right now.

The use of general anesthesia for surgery has not changed fundamentally since it was first introduced 170 years ago. Patients are still left to come around in their own time following withdrawal of the drug. However, som...

Visits to the emergency room for alcohol intoxication have increased by more than 50 percent over the past decade, a new study finds.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) may be linked to the build up of carbon dioxide and existing inner ear damage according to a new study. Experts say the finding could help researchers understand the sequence of events...

Global food demand is expected to grow by 110 per cent over the next 30 to 35 years, and for many of the poorest people on the planet, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, cassava is the most important source of calories....

The University of Cincinnati's Hyperloop pod prototype achieved magnetic levitation and is headed to a test track at SpaceX headquarters in early 2017.

Scientists can estimate the number of stars in the universe by multiplying the average number of galaxies by the average number of stars.

Heavy drinking causes brain changes that make you want to drink more. But using a virus to deliver a gene into specific neurons in the brain may be a way to mitigate those changes.

The development of innovative technology -- from virtual reality headsets to space exploration to solar-powered roadways -- is no longer the province of companies with big R&D budgets or venture capitalists with deep poc...

A research team has solved the three-dimensional structure of a key protein that helps damaged cellular DNA repair itself. Investigators say that knowing the chemical structure of the protein will likely help drug design...

5-?m-diameter needle-electrodes on 1 mm -- 1 mm block modules have now been developed by researchers. This tiny needle may help solve the mysteries of the brain and facilitate the development of a brain-machine interface...

Images and references to alcohol and tobacco in popular video games may be influencing UK teens who play the games and the age restriction system is not working, according to a new study.

Curtailing sleep alters the abundance of bacterial gut species that have previously been linked to compromised human metabolic health, results from a new clinical study suggests.

Today (Oct. 25) taxi service Uber is lending its wheels to help people prepare for flu season -- for free.

Optical microscopy experts at Colorado State University are once again pushing the envelope of biological imaging.

Freak waves, as well as other less striking localised excitations, occur in nature at every scale. The current theory and models of such waves can be applied to physics and, among others, to oceanography, nonlinear optic...

Glass fibres do everything from connecting us to the internet to enabling keyhole surgery by delivering light through medical devices such as endoscopes. But as versatile as today's fiber optics are, scientists around th...