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'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?

The sun is a free and plentiful energy source which could be used to produce clean fuel. New research moves us closer...

Can the use of improved satellite navigation devices actually make driving safer?

A biodegradable "plastic" wrapping made from crab shells and plant waste has been developed by scientists in...

Using the power of tiny magnets, a team at Stanford have captured cancer cells circulating in the blood

A robot powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is helping chemists to discover new molecules and chemical reactions...

Could blocking the survival of ‘memory’ immune cells be the answer to a disfiguring skin condition?

Circumcision is preventing tens of thousands of cases of HIV infection, a new study from Zimbabwe has confirmed this...

A hearing aid system that uses light to send sound signals into the nervous system has been developed by researchers in...

The natural tendency of circulating cancer cells to seek out their parent tumours, or sites of cancer spread called...