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A research team at Osaka University has developed an improved method for producing microscope images that can spot speedy electrons zipping through nanomaterials used in solar panels. By applying laser light to the devic...

The opportunity to measure the gravitational waves of two merging neutron stars could offer answers to some of the fundamental questions about the structure of matter. At the extremely high temperatures and densities in ...

NASA's Opportunity Rover has died on Mars. Now what?

Every second, the universe grows a little bigger. Scientists are using the LHC to try to find out why. With the warmth of holiday cheer in the air, Nottingham University theoretical physicist Clare Burrage and her collea...

A new study reports cannabis use in teens is associated with a higher risk of developing depression and anxiety as adults.

Researchers report the different cognitive styles of creative and analytical thinkers are a result of fundamental differences in neural activity that can be observed when people are not working on a problem.

There are calls to improve a treaty on the international trade in endangered species - but there is no standard way to define species, says Stephen Garnett

Since ancient times, people gazing up at the night sky have seen animals, gods and goddesses, and other entities in the patterns of stars. Now scientists, using modern technology to peer heavenward, have spotted a new ce...

A new study reports fluvoxamine, an antidepressant used to treat OCD appears to be effective in stopping sepsis.

Rice University researchers have added a new dimension to their breakthrough technique that expands the capabilities of standard laboratory microscopes.

People with bowel cancer often have higher levels of certain toxic-producing bacteria. The toxin has now been shown to damage DNA in gut cells in mice

Gene-edited white blood cells could let us hack our immune systems to prevent infections with pathogens like HIV, flu, and the virus that causes glandular fever

Medieval nun fakes death to escape convent and enjoy a life of carnal lust. Sounds like the basis for a juicy novel, but this really happened during the 14th century in England.

IN 1894, WHEN Louis Antoine Krieger started making electrically powered horseless carriages (pictured above), he introduced a feature that had appeared earlier on some electric trains. The motors that drove the front whe...

Summer is icumen in DEBITTERING OLIVES is a messy process. In their natural state the fruit of the olive tree are loaded with compounds called phenols that make them unpalatable to people. If an olive is destined to be c...

A PAPER PUBLISHED in this month's Annals of Neurology, by Gargi Banerjee and David Werring of University College, London, adds to evidence that prion diseases are more widespread and varied than had been realised. Such d...

When neural networks attempted to create images of cats, the results were cat-astrophic.

A great analogy can often be the key to innovation, making it possible to transfer knowledge from one domain to another. Now researchers have shown that rather than relying on eureka moments, crowdsourcing and AI can dra...

New images of a black leopard taken by a camera trap in Kenya were claimed to be the first in 100 years, but that wasn't strictly true

NASA latest book includes big launches, moon landings, Martian panoramas and behind the scenes images that give a human scale to its vast endeavours

NASA has another mobile robot on Mars. Why not launch a rescue mission?

These penguin dads are basically walking hot-water bottles.