Science News

Researchers at the Kastler Brossel Laboratory in Paris have managed to store light that propagates in an optical fiber and to release it later on demand. By causing interaction between the traveling light and a few thous...

A new, high-tech cane for the blind is designed to recognize the faces of the person's friends and family members.

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering and the Russian Academy of Sciences have successfully demonstrated pattern recognition using a magnonic holographic memory device, a de...

Smoking marijuana can lead to more than a euphoric high. Pot has been linked to long-lasting delusions, mouth swelling and several other surprising effects.

Rydberg atoms, atoms whose outermost electrons are highly excited but not ionized, might be just the thing for processing quantum information. These outsized atoms can be sustained for a long time in a quantum superposit...

Human labour and trauma pain is unique - that's because getting help when we hurt brings us a surprising advantage, argues neuroscientist Barbara Finlay (full text available to subscribers)

An apparent slowdown in sea level rise over the past decade that has baffled scientists is explained away as an error - sea levels are, in fact, rising faster

Eating a Mediterranean diet -- with lots of nuts and olive oil -- may help delay cognitive decline in older adults, a new study finds.

Mike Graham knows that fluid dynamics can reveal much about how the flow of blood helps and hinders individual blood cells as they go about their work.

There is a long history of poets taking Nature as their muse, from the call of the sea to the draw of the wild. But poems about physics phenomena are harder to find.Some might argue that physicists and poets have little ...

As every gadget in your home becomes a slave to your smart phone, the Internet of Things is here -- and the next ten years look even more promising.

What does space experimentation have in common with liquid cocktails? Both help in understanding what happens when multiple fluids are mixed together and subjected to temperature change - a phenomenon ubiquitous in natur...

Wine experts use some unusual words to describe the flavours of what they taste, and there's often more to it than flowery language. Discover the science behind the taste (full text available to subscribers)

… At least, that's the claim. Zain Rajani's mother had her eggs "rejuvenated" using mitochondria from her ovarian stem cells. New Scientist looks at the evidence

A million-strong petition is challenging the use of animals in experiments in Europe. Some are vital for the future of medicine, says Catherina Becker

(International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) Dedicating more land to biofuel production can lead to increased greenhouse gas emissions, which take decades to make up for. A new study shows that geography is a k...

When it comes to winning evolutionary fitness races, the tortoise once again prevails over the hare. Scientists have found that limiting migrations among populations of bacteria produced better adaptations.

The bacteria that sneak past the brain's defenses to cause deadly bacterial meningitis are clever adversaries. New research investigates the molecular tricks bacteria use to convince their host that they are harmless and...

Men with naturally high levels of the female hormone estrogen may have a greater risk of developing breast cancer, according to research by an international collaboration. This is the first time a link between estrogen l...

Scientists have discovered that a brain protein has a key role in controlling binge drinking in animal models. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, binge drinking -- defined as drinking to th...

Scientists have mapped out the structure of an important protein involved in cellular function and nervous system development. The new structure provides crucial information for understanding how the protein binds to cel...

Researchers are working on 3-D bioprinting synthetic tissue that could help regenerate nerve cells in patients with spinal cord injuries.