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Hunter-gatherers living in glacial conditions produced pots for cooking fish, giving us a greater insight into how...

Scientists have developed a new laser-based imaging technique capable of producing high resolution 3-D images of...

A new way to stop cytomegalovirus (CMV), which causes health problems and blindness for transplant and AIDS patients...

In 2008 two and a half times the legal limit of Arsenic was found in a test on Italian beer. But how did it get there?

A chance discovery in Yunnan province in China has yielded one of the oldest and most interesting collection of...

Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide could lead to more clear-air turbulence, leading to bumpier and more expensive...

Balding men may be at greater risk of heart disease, a new study has revealed.

German scientists have designed a high-efficiency, low-cost lithium-sulphur battery...

X-ray crystallography can now be carried out without crystals...

Obama announces $100 million to map the brain - but is this enough to fulfill this lofty dream?

The content of dreams can be decoded and visualised with a brain scanner...

A new class of anti-insomnia drugs free from hangover effects are showing promise in rat and monkey tests...

Electrically tweaking brains to induce creativity.

Princeton University researchers have been working towards locating the human GPS system.

Playing action-based video games can improve your ability to your ability to pick out features in a crowd, new research...

An analysis of data collected by the Planck Telescope supports a period of rapid expansion shortly after the big bang...

The enigmatic, tentacled beast that sparked the legend of the kraken has revealed its secrets to a team of Danish...

Researchers in Italy have managed to restore light sensitivity to rat retinas using an inorganic polymer...

In the 7 months since it landed the Curiosity rover has rolled 738 meters but one small step for a rover has been a...

Engineers have come up with a way to deliver 3D images on mobiles, televisions and tablet computer screens without the...

A way to label up stem cells so that they can be seen on ultrasound, MRI and microscope scans has been revealed by...

Scientists in Japan have discovered that the crow of the rooster is controlled by their internal body clocks...

Physicists from the Russian Academy of Sciences claim to have made the first detection of water dimers in realistic...

Lack of sleep makes us eat more, scientists in America have discovered.