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The JUICE mission to explore three of Jupiter's icy moons and examine whether they have the right conditions for life is launching on 14 April. Watch the live launch coverage here

If you've been on a playground swing, you may intuitively know when to lean back to get it going higher - physicists have confirmed that perfectly timed leaning produces the most height

The spectacular Saturn-moon conjunction will happen just before sunrise in the east and can be seen from April 15 to 17.

A new method enables the production of photoreceptor progenitor cells that resemble embryonic cells. These cells can be transplanted and restore retinal function, and ultimately recovery of vision for those with blinding...

A well in Nebraska is the first in the world to have been drilled in search of naturally occurring geologic hydrogen, but tests to determine how much of the gas it might supply are on hold because of a broken pump

The Ariel Data Challenge 2023 is calling on artificial intelligence and machine learning experts to assist in gathering data about exoplanets.

Scientists have discovered a connection between two types of Alzheimer's disease, shedding light on how the most common form of the disease is linked to a rarer form. The discovery could help researchers develop new trea...

A link has been discovered between COVID-19 infection and sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL). Upto one-third of patients referred to audiologists for SSHL were previously diagnosed with COVID-19. Other studies repo...

Those with schizophrenia who had more erratic sleep patterns, excessively rigid daily routines, and dysregulated patterns between sleep and wake transition had worse symptoms associated with schizophrenia and poorer qual...

Examining cell phone data, researchers determine the human body has rhythms that range from between 7 to 52 days, and these cycles influence how we behave.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Central Laser Facility (CLF) is celebrating the publication of the first paper from its newly upgraded Artemis lab space.

The upper levels of the ocean have never been this hot. Blame the end of La Niña and the ever-present heating effect of climate change.

Perovskite lasers have rapidly achieved progress in developing continuous-wave excited lasing from a femtosecond pulse excited lasing, which is considered a critical step towards electrically excited lasing. After contin...

To study atomic nuclei and subatomic particles, scientists use the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to collide heavy ions--atomic nuclei completely stripped of their surrounding electrons. In these collisions, the quarks and ...

In a study of mouse and human genes, scientists pinpointed 145 genes that regulate the cartilage cells in kid's growth plates and could determine how tall they grow.

Astronomers accurately predicted that the icy volcanic comet 29P would erupt after noticing changes in its brightness leading up to its latest explosion.

A new study suggests that people can misremember events mere seconds, or even fractions of a second after they happen.

Finding ways to integrate electronics into living tissue could be crucial for everything from brain implants to new medical technologies. A new approach has shown that it's possible to 3D print circuits into living worms...

The US has made a medication that rapidly reverses opioid overdoses available without prescription - it will no doubt prevent some deaths, but it's not enough to tackle the opioid epidemic

The QCD vacuum (i.e., the ground state of vacuum in the quantum chromodynamics regime) is theoretically characterized by the presence of non-zero expectation values of condensates, such as gluons and quark-antiquark pair...

The potential new mineral was discovered in a chunk of "fossilized lightning," or fulgurite, that was left behind when a tree in Florida was struck by lightning.

Photovoltaics, the conversion of light to electricity, is a key technology for sustainable energy. Since the days of Max Planck and Albert Einstein, we know that light as well as electricity come in tiny, quantized packe...