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Fifteen years after California entrepreneur and downhill ski champion Mike May underwent a pioneering stem cell procedure, researchers investigate how functional his vision is. "With sight-restoration procedures becoming...

Particle detectors don't always have to be massive, expensive machines at cutting edge physics laboratories. Undergraduate physics students Kristina Pritchard and Shemaiah Khopang, both at Missouri Southern State Univers...

Renewable and clean technology feature in the parties pre-election manifestos, but will they boost the UK economy as claimed?

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) collaboration will present today the latest results in its quest to understand the origin of cosmic rays and dark matter. These intriguing results will be shared and discussed during...

The efficient conversion of light into electricity plays a crucial role in many technologies, ranging from cameras to solar cells. It also forms an essential step in data communication applications, since it allows for i...

The western gray whale now holds the record as the mammal with the longest known migration, researchers say.

A key ingredient of the early Earth may have been a chunk of rock much like Mercury, scientists say. This finding could help explain how Earth's magnetic field has lasted for billions of years, researchers added.

"Pull my finger," a phrase embraced by school-aged kids and embarrassing uncles the world over, is now being used to settle a decades-long debate about what happens when you crack your knuckles.

Mini drones with neural hardware that works like a brain could be in the skies within months - and carry out door-to-door deliveries or monitor crops

MIT chemists have devised an inexpensive, portable sensor that can detect gases emitted by rotting meat, allowing consumers to determine whether the meat in their grocery store or refrigerator is safe to eat.

Brown fat burns calories instead of storing them - and you could activate yours by taking cold dips and eating spicy food. But does it really help fight flab? (full text available to subscribers)

The "Wayne Gretzky of knuckle cracking" subjects himself to an MRI for science and reveals the real reason that cracking joints go pop.

Scientists at the University of Alberta, led by Rehab Med's Greg Kawchuk, used magnetic-resonance-imaging video to figure out why joints make a popping sound when they crack.

THOSE who look for intelligent life on other planets usually confine their efforts to listening for radio signals from stars that are, on the cosmic scale of things, fairly close by. The resounding silence so far does no...

Rivers filled with hippo faeces may sound disgusting, but the excrement provides nutrition for fish and aquatic insects

There's more than meets the eye in artist Rembrandt van Rijn's famous 17th-century painting, "Susanna and the Elders," according to a new study.

People with depression or diabetes may face an increased risk of developing dementia, a new study finds.

A team of Finnish scientists has found a new way to examine the ancient art of putting ink to paper in unprecedented 3-D detail. The technique could improve scientists' understanding of how ink sticks to paper and ultima...

An exoskeleton that enables movement and provides tactile feedback has helped eight paralysed people regain sensation and move previously paralysed muscles

Scientists exploring natural methane seeps on the Gulf of Mexico seafloor were surprised to encounter the whale. It curiously circled the expedition's Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) for a few minutes on April 14, 2015.

NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto has returned its first color image of the dwarf planet and its largest moon, Charon. The new photo was taken on April 9, from a distance of about 71 million miles (115 million kilomet...

A man in the United States developed a rare and fatal brain disease tied to eating his consumption of beef more than a decade earlier, according to a new report of the case.