 Surgical Knife May Sniff Out Cancer  | When a surgeon is removing a tumor, it's often hard to tell where the patient's cancer ends and the normal tissue begins – which is important in ensuring that all of the cancer is removed. Now, an experimental surgical knife aims to detect cancerous tissue as it cuts.
| Read More » The Secret to a Well-Behaved Child: Regular Bedtime Young children who don't have a regular bedtime behave worse than kids who go to sleep at the same time each night, a new study suggests. Read More » BPA Exposure Linked to Higher Rate of Miscarriage Exposure to the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) during early pregnancy may increase the risk of miscarriage, preliminary research suggests. Read More » 'Cyclops' Sub Aims to Advance Deep Sea Exploration  | A manned submersible named Cyclops is being built to dive nearly 2 miles (3 kilometers) below the ocean's surface, deeper than most existing subs, and could open up more of the seafloor to exploration.
| Read More » This Way Up: Source of Brain Dizziness Identified Feeling dizzy? A part of the brain that tells "up" from "down" may be the cause, new research finds. Read More » Cosmic Rose from Galaxy Crash Seen by Hubble Telescope (Video)  | Astronomers are studying a wispy rose-shaped galaxy some 350 million light years away, looking for clues to the violent galactic collision that likely created this celestial bloom.
| Read More » NASA Research Stalled By Government Shutdown  | The government shutdown brought research at NASA facilities around the United States to a standstill when it went into effect on Oct. 1.
| Read More » Vampire Cannibals: Real Ghouls Haunt Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea — a large island nation north of Australia — boasts a fast-growing economy and a rich natural resource base of gold, copper, oil and agricultural products. But deep within the British Commonwealth country's rugged mountains and tropical rain forests, some dark practices still occur. Read More » FACTBOX - The 2013 Nobel Prize season  | LONDON (Reuters) - Here is a look at who has won the Nobel prizes for 2013: Physiology or Medicine: James Rothman (United States) Randy Schekman (United States) Thomas C. Suedhof (Germany, United States) For - plotting how cells transfer vital materials such as hormones and brain chemicals to other cells, giving insight into diseases such as Alzheimer's, autism and diabetes. Physics: Francois Englert (Belgium) Peter Higgs (United Kingdom) For - predicting the existence of the Higgs boson particle that explains how elementary matter attained the mass to form stars and planets. ...
| Read More » Weak Iron Explains Earth's Inner Core Speed Trap  | Something is not quite right inside the Earth's core. When seismic waves from earthquakes ripple through its solid center, they hit a speed bump.
| Read More » NASA Jupiter Probe Recovers from Earth Flyby Glitch  | All systems are go again for a NASA probe on its way to Jupiter.
| Read More » Invasive Mink Threatens South America's Largest Woodpecker  | Invasive American minks may threaten the largest woodpecker species in South America, according to new research.
| Read More » Massive Star Explosion Seeded the Early Solar System, Meteorite Study Suggests  | The explosive death of a star seeded matter into the solar system soon after its birth, analysis of a meteorite now reveals.
| Read More » Giant Amazon Fish Species Discovered  | A new type of giant Amazonian fish — one for which only a single species was known for more than a century — has been discovered in Brazil, scientists say.
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