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In love? Or just the opposite? Express how you feel with physics-inspired Valentines—and anti-Valentines—courtesy of symmetry. In the spirit of the approaching holiday, the staff of symmetry has created a set of phy...

Imagine printing out molecules that can respond to their surroundings. A research project at the University of Washington merges custom chemistry and 3-D printing. Scientists created a bone-shaped plastic tab that turns ...

Apparently ground up bone powder from the skulls of martyrs was an ingredient in sought after medicines.

Geoengineering offers solutions and risks but reducing emissions is still the best way to address climate change.

A study finds that language is skewed toward happy words.

Google-owned robotics company Boston Dynamics recently unveiled its newest animal-inspired bot. Meet Spot -- a four-legged robotic dog that can climb stairs, trot over rough terrain and even recover from a well-placed ki...

"I love physics with all my heart ... It is a kind of personal love, as one has for a person to whom one is grateful for many things." - Lise Meitner, 1915  On February 11th 1939 Austrian physicists Lise Meitner and O...

Its effects travel far and wide, says psychologist Zahava Solomon, who studies war and captivity trauma in Israel - "the stress laboratory of the world" (full text available to subscribers)

Electronic devices have shrunk rapidly in the past decades, but most remain as stiff as the same sort of devices were in the 1950s -- a drawback if you want to wrap your phone around your wrist when you go for a jog or f...

You share your home with millions of tiny uninvited guests. Enter our competition for the chance to find out who these microbes are

A growing number of kids and adults in the United States are practicing yoga, according to new results from a government survey on complementary medicine.

Measles cases are soaring in the US and Germany, and unproven fears over the MMR vaccine are to blame

A US panel hoping to destigmatise CFS has issued a checklist of symptoms to help diagnose the condition, and recommended a new name

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Modified jets spewing sulfuric acid could haze the skies over the Arctic in a few years “for the price of a Hollywood blockbuster,” as physicist David Keith of Harvard University likes to... --

Test subjects at Penn State were presented letters and numbers arranged in a square, then were asked to recall the corner in which a certain letter or number appeared (easily completed).

The master craftsmanship behind Indian swords was highlighted when scientists and conservationists from Italy and the UK joined forces to study a curved single-edged sword called a shamsheer. The study, led by Eliza Barz...

Many smartphone apps are just as good as wearable devices at tracking physical activity, a new study suggests.

It's been said that when a technology is free to use, you are not the customer, you are the product. That is still true - but with apparel company Under...

Many industries are calling for electronics that can operate reliably in a harsh environment, including extreme temperatures above 200° Celsius. Examples of the high temperature applications include turbine engine contr...

Every nook and cranny of your home is smothered in microbes. Put down the bleach, though - most are harmless, and some are even good for us (full text available to subscribers)

Researchers have created a cap that electrically stimulates the brain's medial frontal cortex. Initial studies have shown a boost in learning and improved decision-making with its use.