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An old dietary fad has got a fresh lease of life: Calories in-Calories out, or CiCo to its new devotees. It still doesn't add up, says Anthony Warner

Dark matter and dark energy are mysterious, unknown substances that are thought to make up more than 96% of the universe. While we may have never directly seen them, they beautifully explain how stars and galaxies move a...

Earlier this month, 13 US government agencies (NOAA, NASA, DOE, etc.) concluded that climate change is real and caused mainly by human activity. There is no question that this is happening... The only question now is: wh...

Patients in England are set to lose access to a raft of prescription drugs through the National Health Service - but only overpriced, ineffective or dangerous ones

Of three wrecked ships found near Cyprus, one dates from around 330 BC and hints at a vast trading network that spanned the Mediterranean

A new study suggests that for teens, being hooked on the internet and smartphones may harm brain chemistry.

We are approaching the physical limits of our computer drives. Antiferromagnets could outdo our fastest technology without using huge amounts of energy

CERN is taking part in a project, called ARIA, for the construction of a 350-metre-tall distillation tower that will be used to purify liquid argon (LAr) for scientific and, in a second phase, medical use.

A group of scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI), University of Copenhagen, has figured out how to make spin qubits perform controlled backward rotations. This has never been shown before - and the journal Physica...

Birds that hover in front of flowers have huge hearts to power their energy-intensive flight, and even birds that glide effortlessly need fairly big hearts to keep it up

Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown that copper-based superconductors, or cuprates - the first class of materials found to carry electricity wi...

Quantum secret communication realizes secure information transmission-based on quantum principles. At present, the most developed quantum secret communication schemes are-based on quantum key distribution. In these schem...

From the outside, the pinecone fish is a colorful yet fearsome beast. On the inside, it's downright spooky.

People with frequent migraines may benefit from a new class of medications intended to prevent these severe headaches.

A hungry shark that tried to gulp down a spiny porcupine fish suffocated on its supper.

DNA information is kept secure mostly on the honor system.

Heart tissue can be imaged in real-time during keyhole procedures using a new optical ultrasound needle developed by researchers at UCL and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).

When it comes to scientifically mysterious concepts that begin with the word "dark," dark matter attracts most of the public attention.

I'm in love with the cocco (lithophores).

A new study from Italy shows how science can be used to improve the flavor of sausage and other processed meats.

(DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have identified a common set of genes that enable different drought-resistant plants to survive in semi-arid cond...

(American Society for Microbiology) Fermented sausages can vary in taste quality depending on whether the fermentations begin 'spontaneously,' or using a commercial starter culture. A team of Italian investigators found ...