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It has been announced by the government that driverless cars will be trialed on the roads of the UK by January 2015.

Seals use offshore wind farms as bases for their hunting and fishing exploits, new research has shown.

Bacteria in our stomachs can quickly and effectively seek out injuries in the gut lining, sometimes causing ulcers or...

Your genetic make-up determines who you make friends with, new research has revealed.

Electronic devices "printed" by an inkjet printer and powered by smartphone signals have been announced by...

Data on what we like to buy in supermarkets may help identify the source of food-related illness outbreaks.

The trillions of bacteria on our phones reveals what bugs live on and in you, plus where you've been, research...

Electricity-producing "photovoltaic" solar panels may be about to become a lot lighter and a lot cheaper,...

Using bacteria to break down lignin, a woody byproduct of paper production, may be the key to creating a renewable...

Mountaintop exploded off to make way for world's largest telescope

Exposure to mobile phone signals can cause reduced sperm quality in men, according to a new study...

How diving beetles hang on to their mates underwater has been revealed by scientists in Taiwan.

This week a computer reportedly passed the ‘Turing test’. But what does this actually mean for artificial intelligence?

An all-in-one DNA editing kit capable of repairing genetic mistakes in cells has been developed by scientists in...

Australian scientists have used cochlear implants to deliver hearing-restoring gene therapy treatments to the inner ear.

A bug called heartbleed in the software behind most of the internet may have been leaking data out to the world.

Tests comparing Stradivari with modern-made violins failed to find any sonic advantage of the celebrated Strad...

A computer has come up with the best way to recover from jetlag, according to new research.

A black box recorder might hold the most clues to how Malaysian Airways Flight MH370 crashed - but how do they work?

Three cellulosic ethanol plants are set to come online in the US in the next few months, but will they work in the...

With the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 still missing after nearly two weeks, some people are asking how you can lose...

For the first time, scientists have placed tiny synthetic motors inside live human cells...

Researchers have begun to model the brain using a computer but they'd need a power station to model the whole...

Powerful lasers have managed to create a fusion reaction that releases more energy than was put in...