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Still really weird and cool, though We've long been interested in the progression of invisibility, which, for us, usually relies on crazy foundations like metamaterials. So when we heard that U.S.-based GDS Architects wa...

These videos will make you smile. To help kids on the autism spectrum see the world in brand-new ways, a team of parents has equipped them with technical lessons, drones, and video cameras. "Taking Autism To The Skies" (...

Plus photographs of fad diets, Russian "skywalkers," and more     

. . . but I kinda want a part of the LHC anyway. Sorry, the Higgs Boson won't cure cancer or help you lose weight. Snake oil salesmen are terrible, despicable scumbags who take advantage of sick people desperately in sea...

Some of the genes involved in making sure your organs develop on the correct side of the body also determine hand preference     

All the latest on newscientist.com: sunspot secrets, DNA profiles from a single hair, glassy organs, the God particle and more...     

In the first study to closely examine the polyunsaturated fatty acid intake among US children under the age of five, researchers have found what might be a troubling deficit in the diet of many youngsters.

A clinical study of healthy adult volunteers who consented to be infected with the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus under carefully controlled conditions has provided researchers with concrete information about the minimum dose...

Researchers review available evidence that links orange juice with cancer chemoprevention, including the putative mechanisms involved in the process, the potential toxicity of orange juice, and the available data in term...

In the hunt for a better treatment for macular degeneration, studies using mice and a class of drugs known as MDM2 inhibitors proved highly effective at regressing the abnormal blood vessels responsible for the vision lo...

The stricken cruise ship has been rusting where it ran aground in Tuscan waters for almost two years – but it may soon be on the move again     

For 400 years sunspot numbers have told us what the sun is up to. But wrinkles in the record have left solar scientists scratching their heads, until now (full text available to subscribers)     

Results of a study show that vaccination with GM2/KLH-QS-21 does not benefit patients with stage II melanoma.

A nurse-bioethicist discloses rising concerns about the toll of "moral distress" among nurses and physicians caring for seriously and terminally ill people in the era of health care reform.

The statement "you are what you eat" is significant for the development of optimum mental performance in children as evidence is accumulating to show that nutrition pre-birth and in early life "programs" long term health...

In future, it will be much easier to produce some active pharmaceutical substances and chemical compounds than was the case to date. Chemists have immobilized various catalysts on nylon in a very simple way. Catalysts me...

Neurosurgeons have found MRI-guided laser ablation to be an effective therapy for certain epilepsy patients.

Seattle gardeners are assisting University of Washington researchers by gathering data on pollination activity in community gardens.

A new study has shown that a representative sample of UK schoolchildren aged seven to nine years had low levels of key omega-3 fatty acids in their blood. Furthermore, the study found that children's blood levels of the ...

There is a new contender in the field of gene discovery, and it's giving knockout mice a run for their money. Researchers have shown that a new technique using RNA interference is able to find genes that cause epidermal ...

For the first time, full DNA profiles have been extracted from hairs and tiny sweat samples. It was done by targeting free-floating genetic material     

New versions of genes, called alleles, can appear by mutation in populations. Even when these new alleles turn the individuals carrying them more fit to survive and reproduce, the most likely outcome is that they will ge...