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The multiverse of science fiction is populated by robots that are indistinguishable from humans. They are usually smarter, faster, and stronger than us. They seem capable of doing any job imaginable, from piloting a star...

Physicists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) developed a new hybrid integrated platform, promising to be a more advanced alternative to conventional integrated ...

Breakthrough Starshot, the $100 million project to send tiny spacecraft to Alpha Centauri, successfully operated a mini-satellite in orbit for the first time

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has helped to close the gap in health care access between residents of poor and higher-income households, a new report shows.

Two rare diseases caused by a malfunctioning gene that triggers seizures or involuntary movements in children as early as a few days old have left scientists searching for answers and better treatment options. Researcher...

A new method may help determine whether a person has Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal dementia, two different types of dementia that often have similar symptoms, according to a preliminary study.

Marked improvements have been made over the past few decades in managing cystic fibrosis, but as more adults are diagnosed with the disease radiologists can do more to monitor the wide spectrum of CF in adults, including...

Exosuits can be used to improve walking after stroke, say researchers. This is a critical step in de-risking exosuit technology towards real-world clinical use.

Analysis of strontium isotopes in teeth from Neolithic cattle suggest that early Europeans used different specialized herding strategies.

Laws that would force gadget-makers to release repair manuals and tools are starting to win support, but meanwhile consumers are taking a DIY approach

A cluster of brain stem cells fight ageing in mice. They may do this by releasing molecules of micro-RNA - a process that anti-ageing drugs may be able to mimic

Scientists have found that stem cells in the brain's hypothalamus govern how fast aging occurs in the body. The finding, made in mice, could lead to new strategies for warding off age-related diseases and extending lifes...

Scientists have succeeded in regenerating functional retinal cells in adult mice. Like humans, mice cannot repair damage to their retinas. However, because zebrafish can, researchers created in mice a version of the fish...

Voice assistants can struggle with accents outside their test base of white, male users. Mozilla wants samples to create systems that can handle diversity

The perfect performance of superconductors could revolutionize everything from grid-scale power infrastructure to consumer electronics, if only they could be coerced into operating above frigid temperatures. Even so-call...

The percentage of fatally injured drivers who tested positive for prescription opioids rose sevenfold from 1 percent in 1995 to over 7 percent in 2015, according to a new American study.

Love to play stretchy taffy-like substances? Or are you inside on a rainy day with a hankering for getting your hands messy? Here's a recipe for making puffy, fluffy slime for you and your kids.

This experimental physicist has followed the ICARUS neutrino detector from Gran Sasso to Geneva to Chicago. Physicist Angela Fava has been at the enormous ICARUS detector's side for over a decade. As an undergraduate stu...

What's in your drinking water? Whether you're wondering if your water is safe or just what that weird smell is, a new tool is now available that could help.

The US president says it's too expensive and disruptive to let transgender people serve in the armed forces, but a study commissioned by the Pentagon disagrees

The UK government's plan to ban the sale of diesel and petrol cars in two decades' time is no help for those affected by air pollution

Just like humans, the medaka fish that lives in rice paddies is good at identifying faces - but, again like us, it struggles when faces are the wrong way up