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(Phys.org)--University of Queensland researchers have simulated time travel using light particles. Lead author and PhD student Martin Ringbauer, from UQ's School of Mathematics and Physics, said the study used photons - ...

New pacemaker, implanted through an artery in the leg, requires no surgery.

Up to 75 scientists working in a U.S. government laboratory in Atlanta may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday. The CDC says it immediately be...

A Port In Cannes, France Guy Lebègue, via Wikimedia Commons Here's a roundup of the week's top drone news, designed to capture the military, commercial, non-profit, and recreational applications of unmanned aircraft. Ad...

On average, nine American children and teens are shot each day in gun accidents.

Good news for great whites: The sharks are on the rise off both the east and west coasts of the United States, two new studies show.

As part of Red Hot + Bach's project to benefit AIDS research, the Kronos simultaneously recorded to wax cylinder, 96 kHz PCM digital, 1/4-inch analog, 78 RPM disk and 16 bit Mp3 (125 years of audio tech) at Thomas Edison...

An untreatable mosquito-borne virus is spreading across the Caribbean, and has affected more than 4,600 people in a little over six months, according to a reports from the Pan American Health Organization. Never before s...

Your love for tanning may be motivated by more than just a desire to get a perfect bronze glow. A new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital suggests that sunbathing can be addictive, the Guardian reporte...

According to recent stories coming out of China, at least three soccer-obsessed fans have died after seeing too much of the world's favorite sport. Dead Card by Mike Lucibella The news should probably make me a little ne...

As people get older and their hearing worsens, they have more difficulty understanding speech in noisy environments, but recent studies suggest that familiarity with certain voices can partly compensate for poor hearing.

(Phys.org) --Since 1916, general relativity has provided a description of gravity that can explain many observations, including objects in free fall, gravitational lensing by massive objects, and black holes. Despite the...

 How does the order of questions influence people's answers? Image credit: wavebreakmedia via shutterstockRights information: ://shutr.bz/1iBPwOy Quantum theory, developed about a century ago to explain the puzzling beh...

Before they excise a tumor, surgeons need to determine exactly where the cancerous cells lie. Now, research published in The Optical Society's (OSA) journal Optics Letters details a new technique that could give surgeons...

Scientist Stephanie Kwolek, who invented the ultra-tough synthetic fibers used in Kevlar body armor, has died at the age of 90, her colleagues announced today (June 20).

(Phys.org) --Defining the essential character of the action potential of neurons has proven to be an elusive task. As typically happens, the biggest advances seem to have been made early on. In this case it was Hodgkin a...

Kronos' leader recounts the emotion of tracking where music recording began in this full-length conversation with @DavidSkyBrody of Livescience.com. The performance was captured with 5 different historic audio formats.

A study in mice suggests exposure to UV light might be addictive, which could explain some people's compulsion to tan despite the health risks

The brightest star in the sky creates a rainbow smear as its light is refracted through our atmosphere in this long-exposure portrait

In a recent study published in Science, researchers at ICFO construct multipartite Bell inequalities built from the easiest-to-measure quantities, the two-body correlators, which are capable of revealing nonlocality in m...

Toby Amies has made a documentary about a friend with no short-term memory. The Man Whose Head Exploded shakes up our ideas of "normal"

The glove has vibrating motors at the knuckle of each finger which pulse whenever you need to press a key on the Braille keyboard