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Engineered cells that make the substances they need to grow could dramatically reduce the cost of cultivating lab-grown meat

A never-before-seen type of star that puffs out enormous clouds challenges our ideas of what happens when giant stars reach the end of their lives

Learning to play the piano causes various changes in activity in areas of the brain involved in memory, movement and processing sensory information

Lab-grown meat could present a kinder and potentially greener alternative to current livestock farming. New specially engineered meat cells could finally bring costs down to a practical level. While the idea of growing m...

The discovery of an ancient lake bed beneath the Perseverance rover's location on Mars could mean the robotic scout has already scraped up microbial fossils. But we won't know for sure until we fetch the sample.

A rubbery patch studded with suction cups that imitate the suckers on octopus limbs can make drugs penetrate the skin without breaking it or causing irritation

The ground below the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavík is so fissured and unstable following the volcanic eruption earlier this month that it could collapse, officials have warned.

The robot faced up against grasshopper prey. But did the dinosaur it mimics actually eat insects?

Periods of cold and severe plagues overlap in a new study of ancient Roman climate.

A 500-foot-thick layer of pumice rock on the Mediterranean seabed indicates Santorini volcano ejected 15 times more material than Hunga-Tonga during a previously unknown eruption.

What happens when you expose tellurite glass to femtosecond laser light? That's the question that Gözden Torun at the Galatea Lab at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, in collaboration with Tokyo Tech scientists,...

Tiny models of the human placenta are helping scientists study which proteins and genes are key to maintaining a healthy pregnancy.

As an ocean wave laps up against a beach, it contains innumerable swirls and eddies. The seawater forms complex patterns at each level, from the waves that surfers catch to ripples too small and fast for the human eye to...

A new study suggests that mutations in regions of the genome that help control gene activity may influence the development of autism.

A tiny, biohybrid robot moves by contracting lab-grown muscle tissue in its legs - but it needs help to stand up in a water tank and it tops out at just 5.4 millimetres per minute

A new study uncovered a crucial link between breathing and the consolidation of memories during sleep. Through a detailed analysis of EEG and respiratory patterns in human participants, the researchers discovered that pe...

The Beats Fit Pro are like AirPods Pro but for working out, and now you can get them for 20% off.

A new study emphasizes the crucial role of bystanders in confronting anti-social behavior. Three studies showed that bystander support reinforces social norms and discourages harmful conduct, while silence or subject-cha...

Mosquitoes are responsible for transmitting the flesh-eating bacterium behind "Buruli ulcer" to humans, new research suggests.

Cold water swimming significantly eases menopausal symptoms. Surveying 1114 women, with 785 experiencing menopause, researchers found improvements in anxiety, mood swings, low mood, and hot flushes among participants.

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown connection between the brain's basal ganglia and cerebellum, altering our understanding of motor learning and habit formation. This discovery suggests that the cerebellum p...

Physicists in Darmstadt are investigating aging processes in materials. For the first time, they have measured the ticking of an internal clock in glass. When evaluating the data, they discovered a surprising phenomenon.