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The Nile River is considered the longest river in the world, but its actual length is a matter of debate.

NASA needs you to rise to the Space Poop Challenge and help its astronauts go where no astronaut has gone before.

Winds threaten to spread wildfires in Tennessee before relief from rain comes after midnight.

New research by a mathematics professor has successfully reactivated oscillations in insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells -- one of the first necessary steps to resurrecting the dormant cells and restoring the product...

The oldest person in the world -- who celebrated her 117th birthday today (Nov. 29) -- swears by her diet which includes two raw eggs a day, Yahoo News reported.

Researchers have identified symptom trends that may not only help predict how soon patients suffering from post-concussion syndrome (PCS) will recover, but also provide insight on how to treat those who experience persis...

Molecules move randomly, colliding with each other in continual motion. You can even smell this process at times; it's how perfume spreads across a room when the air is still. The process is termed diffusion and the theo...

(Geological Society of America) Almost every literate person knows the basics of oil. Almost every literate person also knows something about plate tectonics. While coupling of these two topics has been the focus of many...

(University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center) Using the Stampede supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, researchers have developed biosensors that can speed up drug development, designed...

(Aalto University) Some people claim to experience pain just watching something painful to happen. In complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) patients, both own movements and observing other persons' movements may aggravat...

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is melting from the inside out, which could lead to worldwide coastal flooding.

(DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility) Elena Long, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of New Hampshire, has been awarded the 2016 Jefferson Science Associates Postdoctoral Research Prize fo...

(American Institute of Physics) A group of Clarkson University mathematicians and a civil engineer developed a passive and noninvasive approach to 'listen' to a collection of relevant signals from bridges and other mecha...

Behold! The European Space Agency's new Mars orbiter just sent back its first high-resolution images of the Red Planet, and the view is amazing.

Researchers using coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) have found no association between light to moderate alcohol consumption and coronary artery disease (CAD).

Myocarditis, an assortment of heart disorders often caused by infection and inflammation, is known to be difficult to diagnose and treat. But the picture of who is affected is becoming a little clearer. Men may be as muc...

The National Institute for Fusion Science has developed new code that can simulate the movement of plasma and, simultaneously, the movement of particles circulating at high speeds. In the Japanese fusion reactor called t...

(North Carolina State University) Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new strategy for fabricating more efficient plastic solar cells. The work has implications for developing solar cells wi...

(American Institute of Physics) A team of researchers from India have created a model to explain how liquid diffuses through paper which has applications in medical testing and perfume manufacturing.

Scientists describe a new system to encase chemotherapy drugs within tiny, synthetic "nanocarrier" packages, which could be injected into patients and disassembled at the tumor site to release their toxic cargo.

Long-term estrogen treatment after menopause may increase the risk of new kidney damage and negatively affect women with abnormal kidney function.

Where in the world did Fermi go? --