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Scientists have uncovered the ingenious solution a tiny mangrove fish has to survive *out* of water for several weeks...

Bacteria have a clever gene-based immune system that helps them fend off attack, researchers have found...

In a breakthrough that could hold the key to new ways to fight cancer, scientists have discovered that cancerous cells...

Fascinating new research from scientists in Oxford and London could bring a boost to people's mathematical...

Doctors may soon have a new weapon in their arsenal with which to combat strokes...

A small dose of electricity to the brain can boost mathematical ability, a new study has found...

New way of making washing machine resistant waterproof cotton fabric.

Scientists studying tumour samples pancreatic cancer victims have made a surprising discovery - the disease appears to...

New form of graphene based reconfigurable transistor has been developed.

In a study that informs our understanding of how the brain allocates attention to different stimuli, scientists have...

A gene injected into one region of the brain might hold the key to treating depressed patients who fail to respond to...

It's well-known that human tongues can taste five sensations – sweet, salt, bitter,sour and the mysterious umami...

Archaeologists working a several sites across Europe have found evidence that our stone age ancestors were more partial...

A team of astronomers have successfully looked back about 13 billion years to pinpoint one of the first galaxies to...

A new vaccine designed to boost flagging immunity against TB in adults has been developed by scientists in the US...

In a case of cosmic forensics that could rival even an episode of CSI, scientists have pinpointed a moment 18 months...

A new vaccine against tuberculosis could not only boost the effectiveness of the existing childhood BCG vaccine, but...

Research is discovering cheaper alternatives to gold plated connectors...

Observations with the Very Large Telescope have shed light on how early galaxies grew, by funnelling cold primordial...

Fat cells behave differently in different parts of the body, a new study has found. Writing in PNAS, Mayo Clinic...

This week, researchers have published a paper in Current Biology describing a flower that uses an unusual smell to...

Japanese scientists have come up with a way to produce implantable microbeads that glow in response to blood glucose...

Japanese scientists have confirmed the axiom that men sweat while women glow.

Ever since the Wright brothers first took to the air in 1908 aircraft have been controlled by moving surfaces in order...