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There's a place in Melbourne where particles routinely whiz around at 99.99998% the speed of light - the Australian Synchrotron. By accelerating charged particles to release extremely intense light known as synchrotron r...

Mathematics has a fearsome reputation as the discipline of iron logic. But for its practitioners sometimes the best way to think clearly is to think vaguely (full text available to subscribers)

Some parents in China are sending kids hooked on the internet to rehabilitation centres where they are denied online access

Originally published: Dec 15 2014 - 1:45pm, Inside Science News ServiceBy: Charles Q. Choi, Contributor(Inside Science) -- Artificial electronic circuits that mimic the pathways connecting neurons in the brain can learn,...

Biohacker Andrew Kessel's open-source drug company aims to make bespoke cancer-fighting viruses using DNA printers - paid for by a Netflix-style subscription (full text available to subscribers)

If they timed their escape just right, three prisoners who slipped out of Alcatraz on a raft made from raincoats in 1962 would have had a chance of survival, new research shows.

Hydrogen sulfide is found to conduct electricity without resistance at a record-high temperature of minus 83 degrees C --

Researchers in Australia recently developed a solar energy system that can convert over 40 percent of the sunlight that hits it into electricity.

From explaining force-feeding at Guantanamo to rents in London, it takes storytellers and critical minds to make good infographics, as four new books show

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Mice have been genetically altered to release insulin when hit with a burst of radio waves – an approach that could lead to diabetes management minus injections

The Lima Accord set the framework for an unprecedented global pact to slow climate change.

Can a digitally simulated brain on a computer perform tasks just like the real thing? For simple commands, the answer, it would seem, is yes it can. Researchers at the...

Cervical cancer is, in many ways, a shining example of how successful the war on cancer can be. Thanks largely to the advent of Pap smear screening, U.S. cervical cancer deaths decreased dramatically, by more than 60 per...

When people don't get enough sleep, it's usually because they sacrifice snooze time for hours at work or commuting to the office, a new study suggests.

President Obama is expected to sign the legislation that also includes $5.2 billion for efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak --

(Phys.org)--Topological quantum computing (TQC) is a newer type of quantum computing that uses "braids" of particle tracks, rather than actual particles such as ions and electrons, as the qubits to implement computations...

Credit card fraud and identify theft are serious problems for consumers and industries. Though corporations and individuals work to improve safeguards, it has become increasingly difficult to protect financial data and p...

The Turing test is too easy - creativity should be the benchmark of human-like intelligence, says Mark Riedl, inventor of the Lovelace 2.0 test

Quantum computers, looked to as the next generation of computing technology, are expected to one day vastly outperform conventional computers. Using the laws of quantum mechanics--the physics that governs the behavior of...

The outcome of the UN climate talks in Lima has left many people disappointed, raising questions over a climate deal next year in Paris

If you're passing through the Amsterdam Central train station you may be pleasantly surprised to see a vibrant rainbow projected on the large arch that spans over its platforms. It's the "Rainbow Station" project by arti...