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The FBH presented the latest results from their project CryoLaser at CLEO 2015, demonstrating for the first time that a single 1-cm laser bar can deliver at least 2 kilowatt (kW) of optical output power, when cooled to 2...

The first thing I noticed was the stinging, as if a fire ant were attacking my right temple. But this was no fire ant -- it was current flowing through an electrode, oozing conductive gel, that was stuck to my head.

Next week, the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be back in action, taking data for the accelerator's second run. The detectors were shut down two years ago for maintenance and refurbishment in preparat...

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Children who were breast-fed for at least six months as a baby may have a slightly lower risk of childhood leukemia, according to a new report.

If you think that bringing home the bacon for your spouse will guarantee their fidelity, think again.

A team of scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University has synthesized a powerful new magnetic material that could reduce the dependence of the United States and other nations on rare earth elements produced by China.

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have for the first time simulated the formation of structures called "plasmoids" during Coaxial Helicity Injection (CHI), a proces...

From garden pests to Florida pythons, trying to kill off a species could leave you with more of it. Ecologist Peter Abrams thinks he can explain (full text available to subscribers)

Every 15 years or so, the world witnesses a profound shift in computing platforms. In the 1980s the advent of the PC heralded a shift away from mainframe computing. Then...

Telling porkies is a universal part of human nature - and there are tricks you can learn to do it better (full text available to subscribers)

A network of undersea faults off the coast of Southern California could produce huge quakes that could send tsunami waves crashing into Los Angeles, new research suggests.

Most of the world's electricity-producing power plants -- whether powered by coal, natural gas, or nuclear fission -- make electricity by generating steam that turns a turbine. That steam then is condensed back to water,...

The pilot of a solar-powered airplane had to abort his planned flight across the Pacific Ocean and land in Japan due to bad weather, officials said.

To the surprise of scientists, giant endangered fish with sawlike snouts in Florida are experiencing virgin births, reproducing without sex. This is the first solid evidence of such asexual reproduction in the wild for a...

Researchers have found, for the first time time ever, 'normally sexually reproducing vertebrate' are having 'virgin births.'

Fancy seeing a blue light show? A simulation of the Martian atmosphere reveals what an aurora might look like to the naked eye

Robot taste testers are becoming part of the food industry.Originally published: May 19 2015 - 2:15pm, Inside Science News ServiceBy: Lisa Marie Potter, Contributor(Inside Science) -- Machines mimicking a human's sense o...

Last week was packed with robot videos. It was a diverse bunch: Robot cheetahs jumping hurdles, an origami bot moved by magnetic fields, another teaching itself to walk after losing a...

Cultural heritage researchers around Europe have teamed up to explore the potential for a new age of tourism: drones

Fans of science and science fiction have been warned that mixing matter with anti-matter can yield explosive results. And that's just what physicists were counting on, in hopes of blowing wide open a puzzle that has conf...

A new protocol for estimating unknown optical processes, called unitary operations, with precision enhanced by the unique properties of quantum mechanics has been demonstrated by scientists and engineers from the Univers...