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A system made of just a handful of particles acts just like larger systems, allowing scientists to study quantum behaviour more easily.

What's the world record look like for RPMs? One of the fastest-spinning objects in the world is a tiny, levitating dumbbell created by a team of American and Chinese researchers--a nanoscale rotor that can spin more than...

The South Pole Telescope recently opened its third-generation camera for a multiyear survey. Deep in Antarctica, at the southernmost point on our planet, sits a 33-foot telescope designed for a single purpose: to make im...

There are fears genetics research into autism will lead to eugenics and eradication of the condition. That must never come to pass, says Simon Baron-Cohen

Exploring the relationship between emotion and pain in rheumatoid arthritis, researchers report emotions may function as a stressor, promoting inflammation and causing pain symptoms.

According to a new study, adults who are able to learn information quickly are better at long term retention for the material learned, despite spending less time studying it.

Researchers have built a decoder which is able to translate neural signals into mood variations.

Going with your gut might make you feel like your "true self" made the choice.

Ultra-fast vibrations can be used to heat tiny amounts of liquid, experts have found, in a discovery that could have a range of engineering applications.

Researchers say decisions which recruit intuition, or gut feelings, are seen as a reflection of the true self.

Nationwide conversion to vegetarianism in France, Germany or the UK would halve the amount of water needed to produce each country's food

Eavesdropping on someone's mood in real time is a major first step towards permanent brain implants to both detect and treat depression

Fusion, the power that drives the sun and stars, produces massive amounts of energy. Scientists here on Earth seek to replicate this process, which merges light elements in the form of hot, charged plasma composed of fre...

Just seven photons in a mirrored trap formed a Bose-Einstein condensate, one of the more exotic particle states -- and one usually reserved for matter.

The double-slit experiment is a classic demonstration that all particles of light and matter are also waves - and now it's been done with antimatter particles

A giant ring of black holes has been discovered 300 million light-years away, offering new clues about what happens when galaxies collide.

A KAIST research team successfully identified the underlying principles behind electron heating, which is one of the most important phenomena in plasmas. As the electric heating determines wide range of physical and chem...

Researchers have released the most detailed terrain map of Antarctica to date.

Florence is expected to become a major hurricane before striking the Southeast.

Ten years ago, the world's largest scientific instrument was turned on and the start of a research dynasty began.

In some domains the two knowledge systems are complementary, but in others they might be headed for conflict --

We should be open to the idea that human intelligence isn't as special as we like to think it is