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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 species of clownfish has been shown to grow bigger in warmer conditions, suggesting that some animals may benefit from global warming

Naturally occurring opioids make sex and drugs feel good. Now it seems they can also explain music's beneficial effects on pain and well-being

Tests that detect changes in genes triggered by drugs could bolster the use of a biological passport - if athletics will spend more on research

The first ever trial of reprogrammed stem cells is put on hold while scientists investigate whether the procedure caused a potentially cancerous mutation

Wi-Fi by balloon; hitchhiking robot comes to a bad end; drone superhighways

Comet 67P has previously unseen organic molecules and fluffy surface grains - just a few of the discoveries in the first set of papers from the Philae team

It took just one year to prove the new vaccine works. Now, how soon can those who need it get jabs?

Spiders on the rail of malaria, the return of Google Glass, the revival of Galapagos penguins, and more

After coders remotely seized control of a Jeep on the highway, it's revealed that car companies are already doing some explorative hacking of their own

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