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DEEP in a disused zinc mine in Japan, 50,000 tonnes of purified water held in a vast cylindrical stainless-steel tank are quietly killing theories long cherished by physicists. Since 1996, the photomultiplier-tube detect...

In an interview at Singularity University’s Exponential Medicine in San Diego, Richard Wender, chief cancer control officer at the American Cancer Society, discussed how technology has changed cancer care and treatment...

You might be surprised to hear that tap water for more than 170 million Americans contains the radioactive element.

By exploiting the properties of neutrons to probe electrons in a metal, a team of researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has gained new insight into the behavior of correlate...

Eight newfound Martian cliffs made up of layers of ice could tell us how the Red Planet's climate has changed in the past several million years

Data travels through thousands of miles of fiber optic cables underneath the world's oceans--via pulses of light. And according to experts, the data in these cables is at great risk of being intercepted. However, a newly...

A method of securely communicating between multiple quantum devices has been developed by a UCL-led team of scientists, bringing forward the reality of a large-scale, un- hackable quantum network.

Researchers reveal a protein essential for memory and cognition looks and acts like a protein from a virus.

Talk of cutting plastic pollution has grabbed the headlines, but the UK's long-awaited 25-year plan for the environment consists almost entirely of vague aspirations and vacuous promises

Reflected light from a star's flares may help us find otherwise invisible worlds. These exoplanets could be hit by powerful blasts, but may still host life

If asked, spotted owls would likely vote against marijuana legalization.

Researchers have shown that space travel puts a powerful, dangerous squeeze on the fragile tips of optic nerves.

Jerky mechanical robots are staples of science fiction, but to seamlessly integrate into everyday life they'll need the precise yet powerful motor control of humans. Now scientists have created a new class of artificial ...

A stretchy science activity from Science Buddies --

We invite applications for the 2018 Richard Casement internship. We are looking for a would-be journalist to spend three months of the summer working on the newspaper in London, writing about science and technology. Appl...

Dark matter makes up a lot of the universe, but we still don't know what it is. Could it be neutrons decaying into strange particles that shun normal matter?

Meet the spider that eats other spiders -- with venomous chopsticks

Searching large, unordered databases for a desired item is a time-consuming task for classical computers, but quantum computers are expected to perform these searches much more quickly. Previous research has shown that G...

Most anthropologists believe that witch labeling has evolved to get people to conform. But new research suggests an alternative explanation.

Cahokia, in modern-day Illinois, was one of the largest cities in the world.

It's time for the #humblebrag to die. Experiments show that everybody hates thinly-veiled boasts, but nearly 45 per cent of people witness one a day

The mysterious Hypatia stone fits no known profile.