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We sterilise spacecraft bound for Mars, but we can't sterilise humans. A mock Martian trek in the Arctic shows we won't need to, our microbes don't spread as we feared

Researchers have used ultra-short pulses of X-rays to film shock waves in diamonds. The study headed by DESY scientists opens up new possibilities for studying the properties of materials. Thanks to the extremely bright ...

The planet is crawling with tiny spies: Hidden undersea microphones, instrument-clad satellites and infrared cameras are listening, watching and smelling all the action on planet Earth, from a migrating whale to a meteor...

A baby dolphin sounds cute, right? What about a baby dolphin torn apart by hungry sharks?

Scientists have shown that berries, grapes and other fruits convert excess white fat into calorie-burning 'beige' fat, providing new strategies for the prevention and treatment of obesity. In the study, mice were fed a h...

Primary stroke centers have increased dramatically in the last decade and state legislation to enable them is a major factor in potentially improving access to standard stroke care in the United States. State stroke legi...

Endometrial cancer (EC) can spread by several routes, including the lymph system, blood vessels, through the uterine wall, as well as through the fallopian tubes into the peritoneal cavity, but the association of transtu...

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You can whack it with a hammer, attack it with a drill, or even stab it with a screwdriver. But try as you might, you won't be able to get into this pill dispenser. Which is exactly the idea.

Most animals wouldn't confront a fearsome predator like a lion. But through sophisticated group work, hyenas launch successful raids

Nanfang Yu, assistant professor of applied physics at Columbia Engineering, and colleagues from the University of Zürich and the University of Washington, have discovered two key strategies that enable Saharan silver an...

Religious dogma compromises Pope Francis's call for action on climate change by rejecting key solutions --

Pope Francis' climate change encyclical has been released. Here are 4 main points from it.

To learn how parents cultivate talent in their children, researchers interviewed the parents of 24 youth with national or world-class standing in their area of talent. Results showed that parents were instrumental in all...

New greens suggest we shift to cities and focus on technology to reduce our land use and leave nature to heal. Let's not head for the hills, says Fred Pearce (full text available to subscribers)

New greens suggest we shift to cities and focus on technology to reduce our land use and leave nature to heal. Let's not head for the hills, says Fred Pearce (full text available to subscribers)

Surgeons could know while their patients are still on the operating table if a tissue is cancerous, according to researchers who describe an automated droplet-based surface sampling probe that accomplishes in about 10 mi...

Chlamydia trachomatis is a formidable foe. It's the most common sexually transmitted pathogen, infecting more than 100 million people each year. In the developing world, chlamydial infection is the leading cause of preve...

In increasingly mobile modern societies, long-distance transmission can rapidly spread pathogens. A new study suggests that both airline and commuter road travel influence flu virus distribution in the continental US.

The moon is surrounded by a permanent dust cloud likely caused by comet particle collisions, new observations reveal. NASA's LADEE moon dust probe data suggests the lunar dust cloud that is different than that seen by as...

Oklahoma is not known for its earthquakes, but in recent years episodes of ground shaking have surged, with the U.S. Geological Survey releasing a rare warning last May saying the risk of a damaging earthquake in Oklahom...

Samples of confiscated illegal ivory should be taken before destroying stockpiles to allow forensic investigators to trace poaching and trafficking routes