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Small signs of recovery and arrival of new baby coral and fish have left scientists somewhat upbeat about prospects of coral recovery following major bleaching last year

Sometimes science can be serendipitous.

Speculation about the EM drive, a proposed fuel-free, physics-busting starship engine, is back but is it still strictly for dreamers, wonders Geraint Lewis

The US's latest weather satellite, due to launch 19 November, will be the first to watch lightning continuously, as well as monitor the sun and space weather

An international team of computer scientists has, for the first time, developed a method to find antibiotics hidden in huge but still unexplored mass spectrometry datasets.

Mice with healthy immune systems could provide new insights into Zika virus pathology and treatment, report scientists.

They say diamonds are forever, but diamonds in fact are a metastable form of carbon that will slowly but eventually transform into graphite, another form of carbon. Being able to design and synthesize other long-lived, t...

Killing the Need for Passwords With Biometrics [Bloomberg] Biometric technology uses our unique body traits to establish identity, replacing passwords and log in information for our devices. Learn more about this rapidly...

Small amounts of damage to salad leaves in bagged salads encourage the presence of Salmonella enterica, new research has found. Juices released from damaged leaves also enhance the pathogen's ability to attach to the sal...

A new study offers important insight into how Alzheimer's disease begins within the brain. The researchers found a relationship between inflammation, a toxic protein and the onset of the disease. The study also identifie...

Several anxiety disorders, including panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and specific phobias, share a common underlying trait: increased sensitivity to uncertain threat, or fear of the unknown, report researchers. T...

Scientists have developed a way to replicate the basic structure of the Zika virus, stripping it of the genes that make the virus infectious, outlines a new report.

Often called the suicide headache because of the excruciating intensity of the pain, cluster headaches are three times more likely to strike men than women.

A new study revealed a surprising relationship between two molecules - one that works to store fat and another that promotes fat burning for energy. The team found that the molecules complement each other to maintain a h...

Weight fluctuations of more than 10 lbs. may be linked to heart problems in women.

News that researchers in China have become the first to trial the CRISPR technique in humans could see the US relax rules to keep up, says Sally Adee

The next-generation NOAA satellite series will improve observations of the atmosphere, lightning, space weather, and more. It will help improve weather forecasts in the future.

The CRISPR-Cas9 "drag-and-drop" gene editing technique has been used in its first human trial, reports Nature. Scientists at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China began a trial last month to treat a lung cancer patient. "...

A group of maths enthusiasts pooled their computer power to discover a new prime number, edging closer to a solution to the decades-old Sierpinski problem

From lush wetlands to vast cave networks, the island of Cuba hosts ecosystems that are teeming with life.

The road to renewable energy requires one step at a time. Well, actually, it requires quite a few steps. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Forest Products Laboratory in Madison believe they can harness the m...

Bacteria can boost their own immune systems by "talking" to each other, surprising new research shows. This research provides new insight into how groups of bacteria collectively defend against viral threats.