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Magnets have fascinated humankind for millenia. From the Greek philosophers to scientists of the modern era, which saw the rise of quantum mechanics, magnets have been pondered and investigated. Nowadays, they are not on...

(University of Hamburg) A novel approach to understand magnets was taken by a team of scientists lead by Klaus Sengstock and Ludwig Mathey from the Institute of Laser Physics at the University of Hamburg, with collaborat...

When a chair leg breaks or a cell phone shatters, either must be repaired or replaced. But what if these materials could be programmed to regenerate-themselves, replenishing the damaged or missing components, and thereby...

The use of mental health treatments in children has increased in recent years much more than it has among adults, a new study finds. The trend signals a growing attention to mental health problems in children, but could ...

Brief exposure to low oxygen levels, similar to those found on top of mountains, improves walking speed and endurance for people with spinal injuries     

Mention vuvuzela to soccer fans, and they may cringe. The plastic horn rose to prominence during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where tens of thousands of those instruments blared in packed stadiums. The loud, buzzi...

Scientists have recorded and identified one of the most prominent sounds of a warming planet: the sizzle of glacier ice as it melts into the sea. The noise, caused by trapped air bubbles squirting out of the disappearing...

Lions in Botswana's Okavango Delta are amongst the largest in the world thanks to an abundance of prey as well as the many rivers -- walking through water builds up the big cats' muscles.

A whale autopsy goes awry as guts, blood and effluvia erupt all over a hapless worker on the Faroe Islands. Exploding whales are an occasional phenomenon along beaches.

Male lions outnumber female lions several-fold. What happens to the rest of the lions, born in equal numbers to females? A new film answers that question.

Research adds a new dimension to cranberries' possible effect on urinary tract infections.

People won't be motivated about global warming until the call to action is clear.

The incredible luminosity of a black-hole system known as ULX-1 may force a rethink of the leading theories that explain how some black holes radiate energy, researchers said.

People are starting to feel the impacts of ocean acidification.

A new wireless device lets paralyzed people drive a wheelchair simply by moving their tongues. The device could give people with severe disabilities greater independence and better quality of life, researchers say.

A magnetic barbell-shaped tongue piercing gives paralysed people the fastest way yet of controlling their electric wheelchair     

Nature builds flawless diamonds, sapphires and other gems. Now a Northwestern University research team is the first to build near-perfect single crystals out of nanoparticles and DNA, using the same structure favored by ...

There's a terrifying craze that -- if you believe the media reports -- is sweeping the nation: the "knockout game," in which someone walks up to an unsuspecting person and punches them in the face or head, knocking them ...

China conducted a successful test flight of its first combat drone last week, according to state-run media reports, becoming only the fourth nation to fly unmanned, jet-powered stealth vehicles.

Spectroscopes split light into different wavelengths. You can use them to determine the chemical composition of objects such as stars and elements.

The roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans is one of biology's most widely studied organisms, and the first to have the complete wiring diagram, or connectome, of its nervous system mapped out. Knowing the structure of the ani...

The mesmerising patterns created by the flowing skirt of a whirling dervish dancer are governed by the same Coriolis force responsible for hurricanes