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‘Nano-tweezers’ create electric fields capable of trapping single molecules and extracting them from living cells.

A soft robot has been given a ‘nervous system’ so it can sense when you touch it.

A lab-grown placenta is a "transformative" step for investigating early stage pregnancy and how it can go...

Researchers have demonstrated the potential of using imagination for treating anxiety related disorders.

By filtering short DNA fragments from blood, scientists can detect, track and monitor cancers with far greater...

Termite mounds up to 4,000 years old have been discovered in Brazil...

Every 4 minutes someone in the UK dies of cancer, researchers look for an improved treatment.

A galaxy in the early universe feeds off its smaller neighbours...

Intestinal bacteria can trigger the development of conditions like type 1 diabetes, a new study has shown...

'Real' fake tan could one day fight skin cancer.

A cell scaffold that recreates the mechanical, biological and electrical conditions that cells need to grow inside...

Non-genetic traits inherited between generations are rarer than previously thought, according to a new study in Cell.

The origin and evolution of tuberculosis has been determined from the largest study of this disease.

If we can't see them, how do we know they're there?

Mass coral bleaching in 2016 has affected the fierce butterfly fish.

Four gas giants form from the dust of a junior star...

Young people are drinking less or not starting to drink alcohol at all, a new study finds.

How thyroxine controls retinal development...

With NASA turning 60, Professor Andrew Coates of University College London, spoke to Sam Brown about what's next...

Scientists have found cracks in elephants skin which keep them cool and liked this cracking to a common, genetic skin...

Will we ever know how prime numbers are distributed along the number line?

How much sun is too much? Scientists have made a wristband sensor that will tell us just that...

Do first impressions really last, or do we have a tendency to give people that second chance?

Is this graphene 2.0?