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Water-dwelling parasites that can munch on our brain cells are spreading as the climate warms. Understanding what makes them lethal could lead to better treatments

A part of the performance degradation mechanism of the advanced, electrodeless, helicon plasma thruster with a magnetic nozzle, has been revealed by the research group of Dr. Kazunori Takahashi and Prof. Akira Ando at To...

A simple formula that describes the initial deformation of a droplet as it hits a solid surface is likely to help to model droplet behavior in a variety of different contexts, shows new research by A*STAR.

The remaining Larsen C ice shelf is melting from more than just toasty air. The Larsen C is also disappearing due to warming in the ocean.

A new model from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico reveals the Southern Ocean is a turbulent rush of swirling eddies and currents.

New Horizons took a series of images from April 25 through May 1. The shots mark the first time New Horizons has managed to resolve the extremely faint Pluto moons Kerberos and Styx, mission team members said.

Curiosity captured the images, which mission team members combined into a Martian sunset video, with its Mast Camera between dust storms on April 15, NASA officials said.

People who have depression for a long time may be at increased risk for stroke, a new study suggests.

Yesterday's deadly Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, which killed at least seven passengers and injured hundreds of others, may have people wondering, where is the safest place to sit on a train?

Trap-jaw ant Odontomachus brunneus use their quick moving mandibles, clocked at speeds reaching 60 meters per second, to avoid capture and death from predatory larval antlion.

When threatened, some trap-jaw ants can use their powerful jaws like a spring to fling themselves out of death pits dug by stealthy predators, a new study finds.

Mandibles aren't only for eating. Trap-jaw ants are revealing how their springy action can help them escape predators

A new NASA image, captured by MODIS on the Aqua satellite, reveals clouds cover two-thirds of Earth, with some zones supporting more clouds than others on the planet.

Feel perpetually guilty that you're not doing enough to stay healthy? Wellness is all the rage - but we don't really know what it is. That's got to change

Scientists on Wednesday said that after a nearly three-decade bid they had detected a telltale change in a sub-atomic particle, further backing a key theory about the Universe.

Bolstering cells with a dose of heavy fat may be the key to curing degenerative diseases. And it may help you hold back the years

Kim Jong-un's nuclear ambitions aren't the only reason a nuke-free world is looking more like a pipe dream. All nuclear states are currently upgrading their arsenals

Fermions are the building blocks of matter, interacting in a multitude of permutations to give rise to the elements of the periodic table. Without fermions, the physical world would not exist.

In William Gibson's latest book The Peripheral, he describes 22nd century London. Beyond the ubiquitous nanobot assemblers, the cosplay zones, and the puppet-like peripherals--Oxford Street has been turned into a greenwa...

Detective work has revealed that a colourful darling of the aquarium trade is a new species from a stream in West Papua, Indonesia

In some rare cases, a planet in a binary system may spiral around the axis that connects its two stars - although how such planets come to be is unclear

If you're looking for a boost in happiness, having more sex may not be your best bet. New research suggests that upping the frequency of sex can make individuals less happy under some circumstances.