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The way we interact with the technology in our lives is getting progressively more seamless. If typing terms or addresses into your phone wasn't easy enough, now you can just tell Siri to do the search or pull up the dir...

A personalised cancer vaccine that trains the immune system to attack tumours has had encouraging results in women with ovarian cancer

Random number generators are key to data encryption, but it's impossible to prove that most truly work. A new one uses quantum laws to guarantee randomness

A global rally against the denigration of science was a huge event in 2017. The need for a repeat this weekend is strong, says Jonathan Berman

The US is making noises about increasingly militarising space, but orbital conflict won't be a battle of spaceships and bombs

Researchers have identified neural circuits that help govern parenting behaviors in mice.

A new study reveals behavioral lateralization may be hardwired during development rather than something learned from experience.

According to a new study, children with executive function deficits were more likely to show physical and reactive aggression later in life. Researchers suggest helping children to improve executive function could help t...

These hardy physics components live at the center of particle production. For some, a target is part of a game of darts. For others, it's a retail chain. In particle physics, it's the site of an intense, complex environm...

Half of all meetings start late - and your boss is probably to blame. A study found that meetings delayed just 10 minutes are likely to be less productive

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) havedeveloped a method for generating numbers guaranteed to be random by quantum mechanics.Described in the April 12 issue of Nature, the experimen...

Researchers report the reading brain may not be quite as proactive as previously assumed when it comes to predicting upcoming words.

A new study reveals the brain may reassign tasks to different regions of the brain in order to counter the onset of neurodegenerative diseases.

Facebook has built an AI fashion designer that is intended to be truly creative. It has designed more than 1000 handbags, jumpers and T-shirts

Sediment deposits reveal when the longest river in the world started flowing from Ethiopia to the Mediterranean

Where does "flammable ice" come from?

What we see may not be a direct reflection of the world, but a mental representation of the world that is infused by our emotional experiences, researchers report.

A new ocean current has been discovered off the coast of Madagascar, and it could influence the climate patterns of the globe in surprising ways.

A new way to control how liquids dry on surfaces which could bring benefits to a range of industries, has been discovered by researchers from Northumbria University and The Open University.

Scientists at the University of Huddersfield have been using world-class new facilities to carry out experiments that could aid the development of nuclear fusion reactors, widely regarded as the "Holy Grail" solution to ...

For some, a target is part of a game of darts. For others, it's a retail chain. In particle physics, it's the site of an intense, complex environment that plays a crucial role in generating the universe's smallest compon...

A first-of-its-kind X-ray instrument for frontier research with high-brightness X-rays is now in operation at Argonne National Laboratory. The new device utilizes a unique superconducting technology that speeds electrons...