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Until recently, there were very little experimental data about the behavior of beryllium (Be) at very high pressures and strain rates, with existing material models predicting very different behaviors in these regimes. I...

Physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, have cooled a gas to the quietest state ever achieved, hoping to detect faint quantum effects lost in the din of colder but noisier fluids.

An auto mechanic in Boston survived an aneurysm in his brain that his neurosurgeon described as "mega giant."

A molecule used to track proteins could help stop such diseases as Mad Cow and Creutzfeld-Jakob.

After a 16-month search, part of the missing Malaysian airliner that vanished in March 2014 has turned up in the Indian Ocean

A study shows the best ages to begin 1, 2 and 3-child families.

Exotic animals are being set up for slaughter by ranchers in several U.S. states. They are held in pens and for a price, hunters have the opportunity to kill them.

About 10 million years ago, a distant cousin of the modern walrus snapped at fish as it swam near the shore of what is now modern Japan, a new study finds.

Breast pumps suck in more ways than one, but one startup is trying to make these devices more comfortable for moms.

I was living in Indiana back in June when I got a surprise lesson in optics, simply by looking out my window to see the golden-orange glow of sunset bathing our lawn. That's odd, I thought to myself, seems like the day j...

Scientists have demonstrated for the first time how to generate magnetism in metals that aren't naturally magnetic, which could end our reliance on some rare and toxic elements currently used.

A probe inserted into a person's brain can alert intensive-care staff to a critical drop in energy supply, potentially saving the patient's life

More than a million people have been given land in the Amazon area since the 1970s, causing 13.5 per cent of all deforestation there

The unusual creatures of Antarctica's Southern Ocean are all legs and no body, with a long probos-cis to suck up their soft-bodied prey, such as jellyfish

A treasure trove of life has been found hiding several kilometres under the sea on abyssal hills that dot the ocean floor

The salty aquifers beneath deserts may be storing more carbon than all living plants put together, according to new data from arid regions of China

As 3000 astronomers descend on Hawaii, protesters fighting a planned telescope are arrested on Mauna Kea. Yet the meeting will barely discuss the issue

Earth needed its magnetic field to protect the nascent atmosphere - but when did the field turn on? Magnetic rocks show it was earlier than we thought

Looking at how quickly stars form can nail down the galaxies that should be best for life - and our own doesn't come out on top

A new system called Phylter screens out low-priority distractions when it senses that you're focused on a more important task

Wildlife crime is now considered as serious as drug trafficking - tackling it may help countries beat other illegal activities in the gangs and syndicates responsible

Despite what you see on TV, gun triggers are some of the most difficult places to find fingerprints - but a team in Italy has done it, thanks to superglue spray