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A new test to spot where the ability to exploit the power of quantum mechanics has evolved in nature has been developed by physicists at the University of Warwick.

A report from the UN's World Meteorological Organisation says that levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases have hit new highs, increasing the risk of catastrophic climate change

Eating leafy greens, dark orange and red vegetables and berry fruits, and drinking orange juice may be associated with a lower risk of memory loss over time in men.

A major US study has found that a commonly used probiotic is not effective in improving symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting in young children with gastroenteritis.

We thought only dinosaurs grew into giants during the Triassic, but we've discovered fossils of a mammal-like reptile that was 5 metres long and 3 metres tall

Ants exposed to a potentially lethal fungal pathogen spend less time in the nest - a strategy that helps protect co-workers and the queen from becoming infected

JET PACKS for satellites. According to Daniel Campbell, the boss of Effective Space, the British and Israeli firm which is building them, that is the way to think of the robotic spacecraft his company plans to start laun...

ALL BEING well, November 26th will see the touchdown of the latest mission to Mars. InSight, an American craft, is intended to examine the planet's interior. Once it has landed it will use a robotic arm to deploy a seism...

GOING TO UNIVERSITY is supposed to be a mind-broadening experience. That assertion is presumably made in contradistinction to training for work straight after school, which might not be so stimulating. But is it actually...

The Pilgrims repeatedly thanked God for their good fortune. But without two earlier developments, the entire undertaking at New Plymouth would have likely failed.

Dry, chapped lips are itchy and painful, but repeatedly applying lip balms and products may not help your case.

A tsunami kept pinging back and forth for three days after being triggered by the 8 September 2017 Mexico earthquake, posing even more risk to human life

Weighted blankets are touted for helping people to calm down, and sleep better. But do they really live up to these claims?

Mars' largest moon, Phobos, is covered in enormous grooves that stretch over kilometres. They may have been caused by boulders rolling around the surface

For the last decade, scientists have been making giant leaps in their ability to build and control systems based on the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, which describe the behavior of particles at the subatomic scale.

(CNRS) Asymmetry plays a major role in biology at every scale: think of DNA spirals, the fact that the human heart is positioned on the left, our preference to use our left or right hand. An international team led by a C...

Millions of householders will need to install hybrid gas-heat pump systems in the next decade if the UK is to meet its emissions targets, says an official advisor

Hydrogen could help us green some tricky parts of the energy system but it can only have a secondary role compared with electricity from renewables

Researchers have developed a tool that diagnoses high blood sugar levels simply by analysing the pattern of fluorescent light reflected off the skin