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Lawrence Livermore scientists have come up with a new theory that may identify why dark matter has evaded direct detection in Earth-based experiments.

People who are carry certain genes for being tall also tend to have genes linked with having a lower BMI, a new study finds.

The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory--or Fermilab--announced that a 680-ton superconducting magnet is secure in its new home and nearly ready for a new era of discovery in particle physics. This achievement follows ...

Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod 250 years ago to protect people and buildings from lightning strikes. Someday, those metal poles may be replaced with lasers.

The precise structure of atomic nuclei is an old problem that has not been fully solved yet, and it also constitutes a current research focus in the field of natural sciences. Together with colleagues from Bonn Universit...

Imperfections running through liquid crystals can be used as miniscule tubing, channeling molecules into specific positions to form new materials and nanoscale structures, according to engineers at the University of Wisc...

A poll recently showed that greater than one in two persons polled believes that intelligent extraterrestrial life lurks somewhere in the cosmos.

One in ten pregnant women in the United States, and nearly 1 in 5 pregnant women age 35 and older, reports drinking alcohol in the past month.

Led by the inventor of the lithium-ion battery, a team of researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has identified a new safe and sustainable cathode material for low-cost sod...

An experiment by a team of researchers led from the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) shows, for the first time, that a wave property of neutrons, Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM), can be contr...

The snowpack in California's Sierra Nevada mountains is the lowest in centuries, which isn't good news for the drought in the region now or in the future.

Here are some photos of the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains and the surrounding region.

A steady hand and a long lens capture a jet and its contrails cutting across a beautiful blue channel by Great Exuma Island in the Bahamas.

A new study using a smartphone app to track diet finds that people might benefit from shortening the time frame during which they snack throughout the day (and night).

Large magnitude, deep earthquakes occur more often between April and October - but the jury is still out on whether this is just down to chance

Here's a skywatching guide for the Sept. 27 "supermoon" total lunar eclipse -- the first such event since 1982, and the last until 2033.

A light-activated adhesive has been used to repair a hole in the heart of a living pig through a keyhole incision

Five years ago, industrial robotics was an elitist field. The hardware was expensive and often dangerous for humans to work around. Worse, the only folks who could really play with...

Pope Francis did the world a service with his encyclical addressing climate change, but he failed to address population growth, scientists say.

Marry well and take good care of the kids. Sound advice for a long life and children who are, in turn, good parents. According to Rebecca Kilner of Cambridge University, it also works for sexton beetles (so called becaus...

Enemy in sight A DIAGNOSIS of glioma is a death sentence. This form of brain cancer (see picture) kills half of those so identified within a year, and almost all within three. The life-extending benefits of existing ther...

IT IS not just on Earth that drones have uses (see article). Three experimental ones, 22cm across and known as Synchronised Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES (even though they are actua...