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The slow death of the universe was revealed in 21 wavelengths, as scientists map the energy of a nearby region of space.

MIT physicists have created a superfluid gas, the so-called Bose-Einstein condensate, for the first time in an extremely high magnetic field. The magnetic field is a synthetic magnetic field, generated using laser beams,...

The Scottish government plans to prohibit the growing of genetically modified crops, making use of recent EU rules on opting out

Older men with slightly low testosterone levels may not experience improvement in their sex lives after they take testosterone supplements, a new study suggests.

Data has patterns, and they can reveal more than simple answers to simple questions.

By now you've probably seen the latest video of Lexus' hoverboard technology, a two-minute spot produced as part of their "Amazing in Motion" advertising campaign. The board itself is incredibly cool--literally--the tech...

When it comes to virtual reality, seeing is believing. But after those first few fascinated moments, you realize something: Seeing is often all you'll be doing. Although nailing virtual visuals...

Researchers in France have discovered a new way to levitate liquid droplets, which surprisingly also creates a mini light show, with the droplet sparking as it floats above a faint blue glowing gap.

Colossal magnetoresistance is a property with practical applications in a wide array of electronic tools including magnetic sensors and magnetic RAM. New research from a team including Carnegie's Maria Baldini, Ho-Kwang ...

Researchers in France have discovered a new way to levitate liquid droplets, which surprisingly also creates a mini light show, with the droplet sparking as it floats above a faint blue glowing gap.

Omega-3 fatty acids may prevent people with early signs of schizophrenia from developing psychosis for years after they stop taking the supplement, new research suggests.

The annual Perseid meteor shower is typically the most spectacular "shooting star" display for people in the Northern Hemisphere, and this week, skywatchers could be in for a remarkable show.

For the first time (at least officially), NASA astronauts on board the International Space Station have tasted the product, or produce, of their work. They chomped on the lettuce freshly harvested from the Veggie growth ...

When your eyes move during sleep, are they "seeing" anything? Research suggests these movements could be looking at objects in our mind's eye

Netflix recently announced an unlimited paid-leave policy that allows employees to take off as much time as they want during the first year after a child's birth or adoption. It...

Young people with early signs of schizophrenia may benefit from taking fish oils, which were found to reduce the risk of psychosis developing by 75 per cent

You're driving down the highway in your Honda Civic. You press the pedal to the metal and the speedometer flips to 90 as you torque into the fast lane. How much effort have you, and the car, expended?

A medieval sword inscribed with a mysterious message is stumping researchers and causing quite a stir among armchair historians.

A team of physicists from the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences have demonstrated a new quantum computation scheme in which operations occur without a well-defined order. The researchers led by Ph...

A group of small lemurs that has no fear of humans and live on a tiny island smaller than New York's Central Park could be a new species of primate

Pledges on reducing carbon emissions by between 26 and 28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 would not help towards world's 2 °C target, say critics

At the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, an international team has - for the first time - precisely tracked the surprisingly rapid process by which light rearranges the outermost electrons of a metal compound known a...