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Purple tomatoes might soon be making their way onto our dinner plates as the genetically modified fruit is being...

Up to 91% of children with a fatal reaction to peanuts could have their allergy brought under control using a technique...

DNA from modern humans and Neanderthals reveals ancient interbreeding of the two species...

Antioxidants, widely regarded as a means to protect cells against the damage done by metabolic stress, may actually...

People intentionally anger others to gain a competitive advantage in certain sitations, new research has shown.

British Antarctic Survey researchers have seen evidence of emperor penguins searching out new breeding grounds...

Crowd funding programmes have raised money for Hollywood films, but now it could even be used to monitor carbon dioxide...

Fossilised remains have revealed that ancient marine-dwelling dinosaurs and turtles used the pigment melanin for...

Why was a minimum per-unit price for alcohol, mooted by the UK government to combat problem drinking, subsequently...

Apart from keeping people perky, caffeine may also improve memory formation, new research has shown...

Super thin, flexible electronic circuits which can be applied to any surface have been developed by Swiss scientists...

This week the Michigan town of Hell froze over - but why are temperatures plummeting across America?

Using genetic engineering, researchers have developed a model for the birth defect syngnathia, affecting the face and...

Scientists have found that a gene variation that increases sensitivity to stress may also increase the risk of heart...

US researchers have discovered a gene variation that increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, particularly in Latin...

Are commercial companies using robots to sell you products? And how realistic are they?

Will use of renewable energy take off in 2014?

In 2014, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will make the first soft landing on a comet.

Graphene looks set to take off in 2014, with applications in mobile devices and touch-screens...

China has the world’s most ambitious space programme, and 2014 will see the nation take some important steps forward...

Graphene looks set to enter mass market manufacturing in 2014...

Can automated systems detect when hospital patients are showing worrying signs?

New techniques could help farmers make better decisions about water use in arid environments

Changes in diet have been shown to alter illness risk in just 24 hours