Science news articles including breaking science news stories and recent scientific discoveries.

01 March 2019

An injection of nanoparticles to the retina allows mice to see infrared light.

28 February 2019

Watch out what you plug into your mobile device - the cables might be offering hackers a backdoor to your machine...

24 February 2019

Four new DNA building blocks that meet the criteria to encode life have been created by US scientists...

22 February 2019

Lab-grown meat: should we 'steak' our future on it?

22 February 2019

Using the randomness of sprayed microparticles to prevent forgery

21 February 2019

Where did the moon's water come from, and where did it go?

21 February 2019

Stiff membranes and an altered charge allow bugs to fend off drugs...

21 February 2019

Grasses steal from neighbours to survive...

19 February 2019

Bacteria may be tricking animals into eating microplastics

18 February 2019

A wireless brain-to-brain interface allows humans to guide live rats through a complex maze…

13 February 2019

A new device turns injections into drugs you can swallow...

09 February 2019

How understandable speech has been reconstructed from brain activity...

09 February 2019

Scientists pinpoint the part of the brain that triggers laughter

08 February 2019

A compound curbs mosquito appetite...

06 February 2019

A new discovery paves the way for a novel pre-eclampsia treatment...

02 February 2019

A new approach to contraception, this time for men, is being developed by researchers in China...

02 February 2019

New techniques make carbon capture 24% better...

01 February 2019

Scientists learn more about how a Martian mountain formed...

01 February 2019

The molecule that makes memories fade...

25 January 2019

A rocking bed experiment made adults fall asleep faster

25 January 2019

Frailty in old age can be averted by exercising when young

24 January 2019

A bacterium is a better mosquito-repellent than commercially available products...

24 January 2019

Running a temperature improves our infection-fighting ability...

18 January 2019

New AI software scales up the data collection of large groups by identifying every single animal...