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People are growing increasingly dependent on their mobile phones, tablets and other portable devices that help them navigate daily life. But these gadgets are prone to failure, often caused by small defects in their comp...

A team of researchers from Japan, the U.S. and China, has identified a topological superconducting phase for possible use in an iron-based material in quantum computers. In their paper published in the journal Science, t...

Two photographers captured photographs so much like one another that a stranger thought one of them was stolen.

This may be the only photo you've ever seen of researchers proudly displaying a university-branded potato and coconut. Rice University graduate student Yieu Chyan, left, and Professor James Tour. Image Credit:Photo by Je...

Lightning and volcanos both produce glass, and humans have been making glass from silicon dioxide since prehistory. Industrialization brought us boron-based glasses, polymer glasses and metallic glasses, but now an inter...

Nanowood is a strong yet lightweight material made by chemically stripping wood to its skeletal fibres. It's eco-friendly and insulates better than Styrofoam

Brexit has got the UK rethinking its border controls. Improved biosecurity to protect cherished flora should be part of that, says Gerard Clover

Researchers identify a link between waist-to-height ratio and risk of developing anxiety in menopausal women.

Even four-month-old infants expect adults to go comfort another baby that is crying - a finding that suggests we may be born with a foundation of morality

A scan of the 84-year-old's brain revealed something quite unexpected.

The urinary system -- also known as the renal system -- produces, stores and eliminates urine, the fluid waste excreted by the kidneys

Whether you know them as water bears or moss piglets, tardigrades are microscopic bundles of awesomeness.

The signature of cold gas around the first stars is far stronger than expected. Some suggest dark matter is to blame, but black holes may be the culprit

A new Nature study reveals the brain circuits responsible for thirst and satiety.

A bag of 54 dismembered hands found in the snow was probably 'not criminal' in origin, officials say.

The first birds to evolve had hip bones that forced them to lay small, weak eggs that could not support the adult bird's weight

An exotic state of matter that is dazzling scientists with its electrical properties, can also exhibit unusual optical properties, as shown in a theoretical study by researchers at A*STAR.

The next time a hazardous asteroid lines Earth up in its crosshairs, we may be ready for the threat.

President John F. Kennedy was killed on Nov. 22, 1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald. Conspiracy theorists believe there is more to the story, but the recent release of classified documents has not changed the basic facts.

An international team of quantum scientists and engineers led by the University of Bristol and involving groups from China, Denmark, Spain, Germany and Poland, have realised an advanced large-scale silicon quantum photon...

When we talk about "information technology," we generally mean the technology part, like computers, networks, and software. But information itself, and its behavior in quantum systems, is a central focus for MIT's interd...

Lasers that emit ultrashort pulses of light are critical components of technologies, including communications and industrial processing, and have been central to fundamental Nobel Prize-winning research in physics. Altho...