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A plant protein used to communicate with friendly soil fungi has been identified by Cambridge University scientists.

A technique that uses sounds emitted by cancer cells to detect the spread of the disease has been tested successfully...

Bubble-encased drugs that can be popped open using laser light shone onto the skin are able to deliver controllable,...

Attending life drawing classes improves your body image, research has found.

More than 90% of the world's migrating birds are not protected across all of the territories they fly through.

Obesity has a reprogramming effect on a man's sperm DNA, explaining why a tendency to be overweight may run in...

Researchers have linked a brain receptor gene with your ability to stop smoking, but not all of the scientific...

Researchers find compulsive sexual behaviour, more commonly known as sex addiction, is driven by the huge novelty...

Feeling lonely is linked to a increased disease risk, and now we know why thanks to a new study from the US.

A new technique that uses ultrasound waves has enabled French scientists to see some of the smallest structures in the...

Bacteria showing resistance to antibiotics of last resort have been discovered in China.

Magnetism-detecting molecule that might enable animals to navigate using magnetic fields has been discovered by Chinese...

Scientists have found a new example of how genetics can code for complex courting behaviours

The early Earth was awash with water, new research has shown.

Exposure to antibiotics to which bacteria are resistant worsens the damage they unleash on the body, new research has...

Which reefs are most at risk from climate change? Some reef communities are composed of many species already at their...

Eye lens cataracts can take years to form but research published this week shows that this could be reversed in a...

Electric eels curl up to double the damage dealt by their electric organs and immobilise their prospective prey.

A system that uses sound waves to manipulate objects in mid air, and even inside the body, has been developed by...

The poo of large animals that are now extinct was key to the Earth's nutrient cycle.

Your birth order will not necessarily determine your personality in later life.

A new coating for steel that reduces contaminants, such as bacteria, sticking to it has been developed.

Life may have got going on Earth 300 million years earlier than first proposed, according to a study of ancient rock...

Drugs administered alongside a blast of ultrasound waves are over twenty times better absorbed, a new study has shown.