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An international group of physicists, including Aleksandr Golubov, head of the MIPT Laboratory of Topological Quantum Phenomena in Superconductor Systems, recently presented results of experiments testing a new phenomeno...

An emphasis on health research has helped Cuba develop a lung cancer vaccine. As its relationship with the US improves, people everywhere might benefit

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a highly capable robotic arm that could make a potentially transformative space "transportation hub" possible in the relatively near future.

A group of scientists from ITMO University, Australian National University and Aalto University called into question the results of a study, published by the researchers from Cambridge University in a prestigious scienti...

Researchers at CIC nanoGUNE (Basque Country) in collaboration with colleagues at ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences (Catalunya) have imaged how light moves inside an exotic class of matter known as "hyperbolic mater...

Teens who drink energy drinks a lot are more likely to get head injuries than those who don't consume the highly caffeinated beverages, a new study from Canada suggests.

Obesity is associated with a 54 percent increase in the risk of developing a common type of brain tumor, researchers say.

People who have head and neck cancer and undergo radiation treatments often suffer from permanent damage to their salivary glands. But a new radiation method could stop this.

First the Earth and then the moon recently blocked the sun's light from the point of view of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory

The laserlike focus on saving the charismatic giant panda has helped many other species in China survive, but more could be done, a new study finds.

Drinking a cup of coffee at night may be bad for sleep in more ways than one: Caffeine not only keeps you alert but also affects the body's internal clock.

Harvard's Center for Astrophysics hosts the world's largest collection of glass photographic plates, and thanks to the efforts of DASCH -- which stands for Digital Access to a Sky Century @ Harvard -- all of the informat...

If you want to get a little more movement into your daily life, a pedometer app can help by providing a shot of motivation.

Scientists are studying the best-ever pictures of the mysterious bright spots on the dwarf planet this week, but we still don't know what they are

Huge events this year, such as the El Niño and changes to ocean currents are set to alter our weather far into the future, making 2015 pivotal for our climate

The system made by Affectiva, a start-up in Waltham, Massachusetts, can pick up on hidden emotions just by monitoring the movements of someone's face

We naturally shift our gait even if it saves minuscule amounts of energy - a finding that could help rehabilitate people with spinal injuries

There's evidence that resveratrol, found in red wine, may stabilise Alzheimer's disease - but at strong doses equivalent to 1000 bottles a day

Fungus-farming ants seem to have selected for genome duplications in their crop, just like like human farmers did, allowing them to expand the size of their colonies

Snow on the Sierra Nevada mountains, whose melt supplies a third of California's water reservoirs, has hit a 500-year low

A freak set of weather events led to tropical storm Etau dumping record amounts of rainfall, but climate change may have played a part too

There is wisdom in crowds, but people's natural tendency to freeload means crowsourcing works best if the crowd size is relatively small