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Humans have enlisted animals to help fight their wars since prehistoric times. Here we count down some of the unwitting animals that have been recruited to fight in both ancient and modern warfare.

Intravenous stem cell infusion derived from umbilical cords appears to boost heart muscle function in patients with heart failure, according to a small study. In this first-of-its-kind study, patients had 'significant' i...

Researchers have found benzene and other potentially cancer-causing chemicals in the vapor produced by butane hash oil, a cannabis extract.

A new biomarker (CCL11) for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has been discovered that may allow the disease to be diagnosed during life for the first time. The findings might also help distinguish CTE from Alzheime...

Postpartum affective disorder (AD), including postpartum depression (PPD), affects more than one in two hundred women with no history of prior psychiatric episodes, and raises the risk of later affective disorder for tho...

Researchers have found that three common species of Vibrio bacteria in Chesapeake Bay could increase with changing climate conditions by the end of this century, resulting in significant economic and healthcare costs fro...

Scientists are exploring ways to reprogram scar tissue cells into healthy heart muscle cells, and now researchers have published the first scientific paper to compare in great detail the two leading reprogramming techniq...

Scientists have discovered a new way to manipulate the magnetic structure of certain materials to form a kind of magnet known as fragmented spin ice. The resulting material possesses some of the weirdest magnetic propert...

For more than 50 years, Moore's Law has reigned supreme. The observation that the number of transistors on a computer chip doubles roughly every two years has set the pace for our modern digital revolution--making smartp...

For the first time, a research team led has shown that a potential Zika vaccine quickly can protect fetuses against infection as well as protect males against testicular infection and injury. It also prevents a lowered s...

The overuse of antibiotics has left some doctors questioning whether to give such drugs to children diagnosed with uncomplicated Staphylococcus aureus (staph) infections. Now, research indicates that prescribing antibiot...

Adding or removing water from a stem cell can change the destiny of the cell to either pre-fat cells or pre-bone cells, researchers have discovered in a new study.

Scientists have gained new insight into how the Ebola virus uses the body's natural defenses to speed the rate of infection and unleash its lethal disease, according to a new report.

Muhammad Rabbani, director of controversial advocacy group Cage, has been convicted under the Terrorism Act 2000 for not giving police access to his devices

Water evaporating from lakes and reservoirs could provide a huge amount of electricity, but scaling up the technology will be tricky

In the hunt for novel treatments against an aggressive form of breast cancer, researchers combined a new protein inhibitor with a chemotherapy drug to create a powerful combination that resulted in cancer cell death.

Researchers have created a computer model that can predict how glucose-responsive insulin will affect patients' blood sugar based on chemical traits such as how quickly it becomes activated in the presence of glucose. Th...

More frequent rotation of plant inspectors at medical device manufacturing facilities could benefit consumers and lead to fewer product recalls, finds new research.

A new study confirms what many hospital emergency rooms nationwide are seeing: teens playing contact sports suffer from concussions.

The feeling of stiffness in your back may mean something else is going, warns a new report.

Flu viruses' rapid evolution relies in part on hijacking some of the cellular machinery of the infected host cell -- a group of proteins called chaperones, which help other proteins fold into the correct shape. When viru...

From a growing root to a sweating fingertip -- here are the videos that took top honors in the Nikon Small World in Motion competition.