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

04 July 2013

A new diagnostic technique is enabling scientists to listen to red blood cells for signs of disease.

27 June 2013

Researchers have developed a fuel cell that runs on tears, which they say could power lens-mounted glucose sensors for...

27 June 2013

A new coating technique that makes bone bond tightly to an artificial joint has been developed by US scientists...

27 June 2013

Did homeowners with a poor command of maths cause the global financial crisis, US researchers are wondering...?

27 June 2013

Being breastfed could help you climb the social ladder, a new first-of-a-kind study has shown...

26 June 2013

The virtual currency 'bitcoin' has long been used by gamers to buy extra features online. Now you can spend...

25 June 2013

Scientists have found that perception is affected by imagination as well as physical senses...

25 June 2013

Many stroke patients have trouble speaking after their strokes, but magnetic stimulation can help, new research...

24 June 2013

How Venus lost all its water in its early history...

20 June 2013

Is a glass of wine a day too much during pregnancy?

20 June 2013

Siblings always fight with each other, right? These kinds of spats are a typical part of growing up? Perhaps not.

20 June 2013

Using a new system to help beat addiction to painkillers.

20 June 2013

How the eye prevents the destructive growth of blood vessels that would obscure the retina has been discovered...

20 June 2013

This week Google has tested a new balloon network that could being internet to remote locations...

20 June 2013

Scientists have created a new cool technology to peer into the living brain and see memories forming as little dots...

20 June 2013

Is a glass of wine a day too much during pregnancy?

20 June 2013

Aspirin cuts down the rate at which cellular DNA is damaged, explaining its anti-cancer effect, new research has...

20 June 2013

A self-powering retinal implant that can turn light into sight has been successfully tested in rats.

13 June 2013

German scientists have used DNA from ancient skeletons to rebuild the genetic sequence of mediaeval leprosy...

13 June 2013

Scientists in America have developed a new virus that can deliver therapeutic genes to treat retinal diseases...

13 June 2013

Scientists have recovered material from a gigatic explosion in 1908 which destroyed thousands of square kilometres of...

13 June 2013

Engineers and biologists are working together to produce bacteria capable of repairing concrete...

13 June 2013

A team in Singapore have developed an invisibility cloak that can hide goldfish and cats...

13 June 2013

Babies display signs of sympathy from ten months old ...