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Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus announced today (Sept. 28) on Twitter that she has breast cancer.

In an interview at Singularity University's Global Summit in San Francisco, Anita Schjøll Brede talked about how artificial intelligence can help make scientific research accessible to anyone working on a complex proble...

The 2011 Tohoku tsunami swept vast amounts of debris out into the Pacific, carrying over 280 species across to America

Some of the earliest black holes in the universe are bigger than our current theories can explain, but gas left over from the big bang could be the solution

The idea that quantum computers can do things that regular ones cannot isn't proven. But Google thinks it knows a problem only a quantum computer can solve

Scientists from Japan have found an easier way to make a special kind of crystal that can "remember" its shape if deformed. These materials--known as shape memory alloys--are valuable in a range of applications from medi...

Fossil trilobites dating back to the dawn of animal evolution had unexpectedly complex and varied digestive systems, hinting that they ate varied and hard-to-digest food

A Fermilab technical specialist recently invented a device that could help alert oncoming trains to large vehicles stuck on the tracks. Browsing YouTube late at night, Fermilab Technical Specialist Derek Plant stumbled o...

Xi-Cheng Zhang has worked for nearly a decade to solve a scientific puzzle that many in the research community believed to be impossible: producing terahertz waves--a form of electromagnetic radiation in the far infrared...

The national laboratory opened usually inaccessible areas of its campus to thousands of visitors to celebrate 50 years of discovery. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's yearlong 50th anniversary celebration culminate...

We're often told that robots are after our jobs, but an analysis of 20 years of automation in Germany has found that robots can't be blamed for job losses

Bread made from genetically modified wheat that lacks some glutens has been found safe for people with gluten sensitivity in a very small trial

The Spanish conquistador who invaded Mexico was aided by superstition and disease.

The iconic Parisian landmark has loomed over the city since 1889.

Today's world is a hectic place full of problems to deal with. That's one way to frame things. But Oxford's Robert Poynton thinks there's a better angle: The world is full of offers. Poynton is an associate fellow at Oxf...

A Danish-American research team has shown that it is possible to produce Majorana particles in a new building material. The research, led by scientists from Niels Bohr institute, University of Copenhagen, paves the road ...

Underground spaces can be tricky and dangerous for humans to explore, but a new drone is up to the task

(Phys.org)--A team of researchers from Germany, France and the U.S. has found a possible explanation for the onset of sudden rainstorms. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the group describe...

Research led by the University of St Andrews to develop a route to create surface states with a maximal energy difference between electrons with different spins could help design materials for use in new-generation elect...

A lost city that dates to the time of Alexander the Great has recently been excavated in Iraq, revealing the influence of Greco-Roman culture on the area during that period.

Physicist Gil Lonzarich has sparked a revolution in the study of phase transitions driven by quantum fluctuations --

A Cardiff University mathematician has thrown new light on the longstanding mystery of how zebrafish develop the distinctive striped patterns on their skin.