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18 August 2017
Disabling and disruptive to the lives of sufferers, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) affects around 740,000 people...
17 August 2017
Rght now, the human brain is the most complex structure in the known universe – but that may be about to change...
16 August 2017
Blockchain technology developed to guarantee the value of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum is now being...
14 August 2017
Our gene of the month is all ears.
14 August 2017
Naked Scientist Kat Arney has written a new book about human genetics.
11 August 2017
Microscopic structures that can bend light are helping researchers lay the foundations of an invisibility cloak.
07 August 2017
How did vertebrates go from swimming in the seas to walking on land?
03 August 2017
Artificial skin with post-human sensing capabilities, and a better understanding of skin tissue, could pave the way for...
28 July 2017
Labelling patients with conditions like schizophrenia or depression might become a thing of the past as doctors and...
21 July 2017
Traffic pollution in European cities can stall children’s brain development and stop them from reaching their full...
14 July 2017
Named after an expert swordsman
12 July 2017
Fingerprint scanners are all the rage, yet new research shows that this is just the beginning of biometric...
06 July 2017
By identifying the most influential kids in small social media circles, researchers can create positive peer pressure...
29 June 2017
Extremely thin printable solar panels could power your phone and are amongst a range of new ways nanotechnology is...
26 June 2017
How did we find out what lurks inside the atom?
22 June 2017
Everybody needs a helping hand when they get older – but in years to come that helping hand may be attached to a...
15 June 2017
An extremely sensitive radar that can detect when different parts of people’s bodies are moving at different speeds...
14 June 2017
It's time for our gene of the month, and this time it’s Methuselah.
14 June 2017
How are genes selected by nature?
08 June 2017
Half of European adults are either overweight or obese. Many turn to self-help apps as a means to burn excess fat, but...
01 June 2017
An international league of scientists is kicking off the decades-long process of developing the successor to the Large...
24 May 2017
To see Blade Runner 2049 in 3D might be a dazzling experience but how did 3D vision develop in the evolution? Is it...
19 May 2017
More nutritious versions of staple crops could increase daily vitamin and mineral intake for millions of people with...
14 May 2017
It’s time for our gene of the month - p53, also known as the Guardian of the Genome.