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A monster black hole in the heart of a barred spiral galaxy called NGC 1097 has the mass of 140 million suns, according to new measurements. A vivid video by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory describes how researc...

Discoid cockroaches (Blaberus discoidalis) roll their bodies to help them get through narrow obstacles. Roboticists took natures design and added it to their VelociRoACH robot.

For the first time, scientists have observed a chemical reaction as it was happening at the molecular level, in intervals lasting just femtoseconds, or quadrillionths of a second. The experiment reveals molecular moviema...

Google's decision to block revenge porn images is no censorship slippery slope, but a welcome boost for victims, says Jennifer Golbeck

The extract from a mushroom that is often used in traditional Chinese medicine may help fight obesity, a new study finds.

The Jersey Shore is the place to be this summer (if you're a dead sea creature).

Risky play -- such as climbing a tree, wandering far from home and getting lost -- may be good for kids' development, new research shows.

In a first-of-its-kind project using cameras mounted onto the fins of deep-sea sharks, researchers have made surprising discoveries about what keeps these mysterious creatures afloat.

Researchers at the University of Hawaii and the University of Tokyo studied sharks' swimming habits using fin-mounted cameras.

Rotation is key to the performance of salad spinners, toy tops, and centrifuges, but recent research suggests a way to harness rotation for the future of mankind's energy supply. In papers published in Physics of Plasmas...

Yet it has the potential for numerous applications. In Physical Review Letters, scientists at Jülich together with their international partners present a new concept that uses short-pulse lasers to expand the capabiliti...

Medical marijuana products that are edible have labels that list the levels of the potent ingredients, however, these labels are often wrong, a new study finds.

Norman Augustine, former CEO of Lockheed Martin and former undersecretary of the Army talks about the report he co-chaired for the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, "Restoring the... --

Medical marijuana may provide some benefit for patients with chronic nerve pain or cancer pain, or those who experience muscle spasms with multiple sclerosis, according to a new review study.

Fish may seem to glide effortlessly through the water, but the tiny ripples they leave behind as they wriggle their way along are evidence of a constant give-and-take of energy between the swimmer and its aqueous environ...

A review of 79 clinical trials to assess the value of medical marijuana finds little solid evidence that the drug alleviates symptoms

Galactic collisions replicated in the lab help researchers investigate the origins of vastly amplified magnetic fields in the universe --

Robots inspired by cockroaches can use the shape of their bodies -- particularly, their distinctive round shells -- to maneuver through dense clutter, according to a new study.

Using a simple structure comprising a mirror and an absorbing layer to take advantage of the wave properties of light, researchers at Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, have develope...

The India-based Neutrino Observatory will provide a home base for Indian particle physicists. Pottipuram, a village in southern India, is mostly known for its farming. Goats graze on the mountains and fields yield modest...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have revealed a novel magnetic structure named the "Devil's staircase" in cobalt oxides using soft X-rays. This is an important result since the researchers succeeded in determining...

Wireless companies want next-generation gadgets to download at rates of gigabits per second. The question is how to make it happen --