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A team of scientists has sequenced the genome of the centipede for the first time and found that it has around 15,000 genes -- about 7,000 fewer than humans do. Arthropods -- the most species-rich group of animals on Ear...

New catalysts designed and investigated by Tufts University School of Engineering researchers and collaborators from other university and national laboratories have the potential to greatly reduce processing costs in fut...

Despite claims it improves creativity, mental maths and memory, a review of brain stimulation wasn't able to find any consistent or reliable physical effects

A revolutionary 15-minute test for treating Ebola will undergo trials in Guinea, announced the Pasteur Institute, a French medical research group. The test, which uses saliva and blood samples, will first be used at a tr...

(Phys.org)--Researchers have set a new record for the quantum factorization of the largest number to date, 56,153, smashing the previous record of 143 that was set in 2012. They have shown that the exact same room-temper...

Can a juice cleanse really put your body in "cleanse mode"? Does a cleanse give your digestive system a much-needed rest? Here is what experts have to say about the facts and fictions surrounded juice cleanses.

A raw picture of the Helix nebula reveals the processing involved in creating stunning astronomical images

"I predict that the domestication of biotechnology will dominate our lives during the next fifty years at least as much as the domestication of computers has dominated our lives during...

A new superthin material can cool buildings without requiring electricity, by beaming heat directly into outer space, researchers say.

How 12 early humans ended up deep inside a South African cave is a mystery. Getting them out of it certainly wasn't easy (full text available to subscribers)

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Mariner IV spacecraft (November 28, 1964). In total, the mission gave us 21 complete images of Mars, including this, our first close... --

Electron states in solids are responsible for many material properties, such as color and electrical conductivity. However, because of their confinement within the crystal, it is very difficult to study the quantum physi...

In the wake of the Ferguson shooting, devices that record how and when a gun is fired could aid inquiries into police actions

In an earlier blog post about Christopher Nolan's latest blockbuster movie, Interstellar, I lauded the film for its ambition, its visuals     and the strong performances of its... --

(Phys.org)--A coin-sized detector might observe gravitational waves before the giant Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), according to two Australian physicists.

The variety of absence of noise, we look forward to Boring 2015, a really very immobile phone and more (full text available to subscribers)

A time cloak conceals events rather than objects. Cloaked messages were so secret no one could read them - now they can sneak along optical fibres before being revealed

A damning report published today by a UK parliamentary committee calls for sites like Facebook and LinkedIn to make their terms and conditions clearer

A damning report published today by a UK parliamentary committee calls for sites like Facebook and LinkedIn to make their terms and conditions clearer