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A gang of robbers accused of trying to steal the Dead Sea Scrolls from a cave in the Judean Desert was indicted yesterday in Israel.

Everybody knows that cells are microscopic, but why? Why aren't cells bigger? The average animal cell is 10 microns across and the traditional explanation has been cells are the perfect size because if they were any bigg...

More than half of the $7.6 billion in international funds given to the developing world to cut emissions of greenhouse gases and mitigate the effects of climate change has gone to just 10 nations, according to a study co...

Originally published: Dec 2 2014 - 3:00pm, Inside Science News ServiceBy: Joel Shurkin, ISNS Contributor(Inside Science)--What happens when it gets too warm in the dead of an Arctic winter? As residents of Norway's north...

Using one of the most powerful lasers in the world, researchers have accelerated subatomic particles to the highest energies ever recorded from a compact accelerator.

Using one of the most powerful lasers in the world, researchers have accelerated subatomic particles to the highest energies ever recorded from a compact accelerator.

Gallium nitride (GaN) based devices are attractive for harsh environment electronics because of their high chemical and the mechanical stability of GaN itself that has a higher atomic displacement energy than other semic...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new lithography technique that uses nanoscale spheres to create three-dimensional (3-D) structures with biomedical, electronic and photonic applications. ...

A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Columbia Engineering, Columbia Physics and Kyoto University has discovered an unusual form of electronic order in a new fami...

The origin of life on Earth about 4 billion years ago remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of science, but a new study is shedding light on the matter.

Researchers say cannabis is not a proven treatment for childhood epilepsy, and people should wait for rigorous studies to decide whether the drug is safe or effective.

A husband-and-wife tomb dating to the Ming Dynasty contains extraordinarily well-preserved clothing, decorated with elaborate designs, archaeologists reported.

A new malaria drug that is said to kill 80 percent of the parasite in 24 hours and render the virus "undetectable" after 48 hours in mice shows promise for human trials, research from St. Jude Children's Research Hospita...

Measurements of bone movement on x-ray video taken as guineafowl made footprints shows how dinosaurs may have walked 250 million years ago.

X-ray video and high-tech computer simulations of a modern bird making tracks reveal the secrets of dinosaur footprint formation.

Recreating a meteorite impact with a laser has demonstrated directly how the building blocks of the genetic code could have formed on our primordial planet

No fish has been spotted further than 8000 metres below the ocean surface - now we know why that record may never be beaten (full text available to subscribers)

From can-do technical fixes to listening to Earth's peoples, there are ways to mitigate our devastation of nature, argue two new books

Several massive whales were found dead on a beach in what is thought to be the first mass sperm-whale stranding in South Australia

Astronomy is no stranger to citizen scientists. Amateur stargazers are credited with the discovery of comets, asteroids, and even planets. That said, while amateurs don't use multi-million dollar observatories, it's...

Using one of the most powerful lasers in the world, researchers have accelerated subatomic particles to the highest energies ever recorded from a compact accelerator. The team, from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawren...

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