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The Higgs boson reached overnight fame in 2012 when it was finally discovered in a jumble of other particles generated at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland. The discovery was monumental because th...

Modern lifestyles are making our balance worse - and leaving us more vulnerable to devastating trips and falls. The good news is, it's never too late to regain your poise

Quantum chemistry, the study of chemical properties and processes at the quantum scale, has opened many paths to research and discovery in modern chemistry. Without ever handling a beaker or a test tube, chemists can mak...

N-acetylglucosamine, a simple sugar found in breast milk, promotes remyelination in mouse models of multiple sclerosis. The findings could have implications for treating multiple sclerosis in humans.

Tasmanian devils have been reintroduced to mainland Australia, where they haven't been seen in the wild for millennia.

A device that plays white noise into headphones and stimulates the tongue with electricity helped to reduce the severity of tinnitus in a study of 326 volunteers

Facebook has long promised to tackle misinformation on its platform, but its attempts so far have been poor, says Donna Lu

Inadequate coronavirus testing and uncertainty over the success and supply of flu vaccines will leave doctors in the England poorly prepared to cope this winter

Scarlet fever seems to be making a comeback, and scientists have found a bacterial "clone" could be the culprit.

(University of East Anglia) Rising nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions are jeopardizing the climate goals of the Paris Agreement, according to a major new study by an international team of scientists. The growing use of nitrog...

A new bimodal neuromodulation device that stimulates both the ear and tongue reduces the severity of tinnitus in patients for up to a year.

Eating healthily isn't a bad thing, but taken to the extreme, it can turn into a disorder called orthorexia nervosa.

Oxytocin produced in the BNST increased stress-induced social anxiety behaviors in mice. The findings shed light on why oxytocin can sometimes provoke anti-social effects.

Researchers report there is no increased risk of being diagnosed with dementia in those who received general anesthesia compared to those who didn't.

The magnetic fields are more than a thousand times stronger than the magnetic field used in MRI machines..

Carbon dating indicates three leather balls uncovered from ancient graves in northern China are 3000 years old, making them the oldest balls found in Eurasia

Women who give birth to their last child later in life may have an edge when it comes to longevity. Those who gave birth later in life had longer telomeres, which are biomarkers for long-term health and longevity.

This spectacular image from inside the International Space Station's observation dome peeks through clouds to reveal Earth's oceans from 400 kilometres away

CRISPR gene editing is already treating disease. But there's far more it might do, from fighting cancer and covid-19 to putting the brakes on climate change, says Feng Zhang, a pioneer of the technique

Leonard Mlodinow's book on his friendship with Stephen Hawking shows another side to the late physicist, including tales of punting in Cambridge and annoying a restaurant chef

An excellent new podcast with Nina Sosanya sees food scientists in Leningrad struggling against starvation and pseudoscience, and resonates for today's world

Coronavirus has put a rocket under plans for more automation, roboticisation and use of AI. Should we fear for our jobs - or will we just get better ones?