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Researchers have captured high-resolution, 3D images of HIV virus lurking in the intestines of mice with "humanised" immune systems     

Every 45 minutes, a child is brought to emergency room in the United States after television tip-over, and about every three weeks, one of those children dies. To prevent TV-related injuries, Feb. 1 was declared National...

What is this ominous dark stain, captured in a satellite photo, stretching nearly 800 kilometres along Brazil's coast to São Paulo?     

Americans facing worsening natural disasters are showing signs of increased mental anguish, say psychologists.

Call it "love at first sniff." In animals and humans, scent plays a bigger role in romance than you might think. Take the Coquerel's sifaka, a type of lemur. New research published in the journal Animal Behavior shows th...

Volunteers track shifts in temperature with their homemade rinks.

This amazing space wallpaper of the star formation region NGC 6334 is one of the first scientific images from the ArTeMiS instrument on APEX.

Ants use a certain pattern, or algorithm, to forage for food. This algorithm can be used to tackle many types of problems.

A big roadblock for renewable energy like solar and wind is that sometimes the power isn't there when you need it (like at night) or there's too much (like a windy day). Researchers at Harvard believe 'flow' battery tech...

In this month's issue of Physics World, Jon Cartwright explains how the revelation that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is developing quantum computers has renewed interest and sparked debate on just how far ahead ...

Maybe you've seen couples that start to look like each other, but lemurs in love actually start to smell alike. Lemurs mimic their mate's scent-marking habits, and after they've had babies, the primate couples even start...

BYU business professor Peter Madsen has been researching NASA's safety climate ever since the Columbia shuttle broke apart upon re-entering Earth's atmosphere on Feb. 1, 2003.

A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering has built the first-ever circulator for sound. The team's experiments successfully prove that the fundamental symmetry with whic...

Football fans hoping for a snowy Super Bowl on Sunday may be out of luck, but temperatures for the Big Game could still dip to chilly lows, meaning players and spectators should take care to protect themselves from the w...

Medical alert systems can keep seniors living independently longer with the knowledge that help is only the push of a button away. These systems are important given the danger of falls among older adults.

Emily Rice, astrophysics researcher at the American Museum of Natural History, answers question submitted to Scientific American's Space Lab channel. --

A proposed minerals mine and sockeye salmon fishing don't mix, says a new EPA report.

A plan to dump 5 million tonnes of sludge from the expansion of a coal shipping port into the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park has got the go-ahead     

See one of the most eye-popping shots of a volcanic eruption ever captured from space.

All the latest on newscientist.com: astronomy's dirty little secret, brain map for mind-readers, graphene radio, healthy weight for toddlers and more     

Ten years after H5N1, yet more deadly bird flu has emerged from China. Is it time to do something about the virus spawning them all?     

The Super Bowl, horses, Doberhuahuas, and the power of positive messages.