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Bullying is usually considered a social ill, but now public health professionals are noticing mental health symptoms -- dubbed "bullying syndrome" -- in children who've been bullied.

(Phys.org) --An interdisciplinary team of University of Pennsylvania researchers has already developed a technique for controlling liquid crystals by means of physical templates and elastic energy, rather than the electr...

A series of powerful analytical methods coined "omics" is driving us away from reductionist approaches towards a more systematic understanding of biology and disease.

GE is showing off a new machine that sprays high-velocity metal powders at broken machines, repairing damage in a few minutes without having to weld replacement pieces. The technique, which they're calling "cold spraying...

On the trail of white-lipped peccaries in Brazil, researchers made an unexpected and rare discovery: cave drawings showing armadillos, birds and reptiles, etched into stone thousands of years ago.

Small animals are more active under the full moon when larger hunters lie low.

Overzealous hunters may be dwindling grizzly bear populations in British Columbia, despite the government's claims that the province's quotas help keep hunting practices sustainable.

For as well-preserved as Shakespeare's writing is, there's still plenty we don't know about 17th-century London. For example: we know town square-style speeches were an important part of life, but what was it like actual...

Researchers say they may be able to detect and annihilate disease-causing proteins in the brain with lasers.

It might still be a while before we have a true robot Picasso, but Mechanical Parts, a project by artist Matthias Dörfelt, shows we're at least on par with high school doodlers. Dörfelt created a Roomba-like robot, pro...

Brookhaven Lab’s 1958 innovation earns a prominent place in the history of video games. The crowd wound out the door at Brookhaven National Laboratory's open house on October 18, 1958. Visitors lined up for an interact...

The Food and Drug Administration's recent announcement that trans fats could be phased out means that some popular food products may need to be reformulated in the future to comply with the law.

Using inexpensive materials configured and tuned to capture microwave signals, researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have designed a power-harvesting device with efficiency similar to that of moder...

The Titan Arm Trevor Johnston Today, the team behind the Titan Arm won the 2013 James Dyson Award for their invention. "Titan Arm is obviously an ingenious design, but the team's use of modern, rapid - and relatively ine...

The holidays are just around the bend, and it's time to prepare with science-related goodies, of course. If you have a budding Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace or Albert Einstein in your life, we've got gift ideas to spark thei...

Artificial reefs created using 3D printing technology may be effective tools for restoring marine life in threatened ecosystems.

Recently given up for dead, NASA's Kepler space telescope might get a new lease of life that will broaden the planet-hunting king's view of the sky     

Male sexual desire is rarely studied, but new research suggests that low desire plagues a large number of men. Depression, long-term relationships and low confidence in his erection can all quash a guy's sexual interest.

Check out this fascinating image of E.coli disrupting cell division.

Pesky parasites can tell their own version of our history, including the idea that modern humans intermingled with Neanderthals and that humans may have first put on clothing before leaving Africa.

All the latest on newscientist.com: tools to spot aliens, data trackers that nudge you, Twitter revelations, solving a big magnetic mystery and more     

There's no scientific backing for the notion that cheese gives you nightmares, though a Cheese industry group did try to disprove the idea in 2005