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Physicists have designed a new method for transmitting big quantum data across long distances that requires far fewer resources than previous methods, bringing the implementation of long-distance big quantum data transmi...

As black holes evaporate, they release particles that may carry more information than we thought, so black holes may not break the laws of physics after all

This week, Andrew from Quincy, WA wrote in to ask: I'm writing a book, and trying to think of small-scale power sources--I want the ideas to be at least theoretically possible. Is it theoretically possible to slightly co...

Researchers question the ethical implications of using neuroscience techniques for legal cases.

Study reports the effects of prenatal famine can cause metabolic health problems in offspring up to six decades later.

A new study in Neurology reports balance and eye movement exercises may help people with MS to improve their balance problems and fatigue.

You've got an ancient virus in your brain. In fact, you've got an ancient virus at the very root of your conscious thought.

A patient known as "tree man" underwent extensive surgeries to remove wood-like warts from his hands and feet; but now he says the unusual growths are starting to come back.

In the summer of 1935, the physicists Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger engaged in a rich, multifaceted and sometimes fretful correspondence about the implications of the new theory of quantum mechanics. The focus o...

Fiona the hippo knows who will win Super Bowl 2018. This is science.

If you already caught the flu, are you in the clear for the rest of the season?

The 10 bodies were buried in the unusual arrangement 2,400 years ago.

Please take Tom Brady's water advice with a grain of electrolytes.

Although critical for varied applications, such as cutting and welding, surgery and transmitting bits through optical fiber, lasers have some limitations - namely, they only produce light in limited wavelength ranges. No...

A ship-mounted electromagnetic railgun, firing projectiles at more than Mach 6 over great distances, could let China dominate the seas

A research team from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has found the first evidence that a shaking motion in the structure of an atomically thin (2-D) material possesses a na...

The furry weather prognosticator has seen his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter.

Israeli and US researchers have developed a new, highly efficient coherent and robust semiconductor laser system: the topological insulator laser.

Sharks may be hard to love for many people, including the US president, but these animals are essential to the health of our oceans, says Lesley Evans Ogden

The PyeongChang Winter Games will debut big air snowboarding, where athletes who master the laws of physics will be most likely to medal and avoid injury --

Two cases have been approved in the UK for using a three-parent baby technique to make healthy babies. The technique has already been used in China and Ukraine

Researchers at Laboratoire Kastler Brossel (LKB) in Paris have broken through a key barrier in quantum memory performance. Their work has enabled the first secure storage and retrieval of quantum bits.