The natural tendency of circulating cancer cells to seek out their parent tumours, or...
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06 April 2017
An atmosphere around an Earth-sized planet has been detected for the first time by UK scientists.
30 March 2017
Yoga practitioners preach the power of breath control; meditators know it works, and people with panic attacks are told...
30 March 2017
A man paralysed from the neck down has been able to drink a coffee and feed himself for the first time in 8 years...
23 March 2017
The venom of one of the world's most dangerous spiders can powerfully protect brain cells following a stroke, a...
23 March 2017
A drug that reverses the ageing process and makes balding mice hairy again, restores kidney function and enables the...
19 March 2017
From the noses of West Africans, South Asians, East Asians, and Northern Europeans, new research has found populations...
16 March 2017
A biochemical test for autism has been developed by scientists in the US.
16 March 2017
A new way to tackle brain tumours has been tested successfully in mice by researchers in the US.
14 March 2017
Male flies with faulty Shriveled are infertile, and also have testes that shrink and shrivel with age.
10 March 2017
10 March 2017
Scientists have constructed artificial chromosomes capable of genetically “booting up” and running in cultured cells.
10 March 2017
Scientists have come up with a potential new way to help patients affected by obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
03 March 2017
Researchers have found that the brain activity in someone listening to a story bears similarity to the person telling...
03 March 2017
The world is generating data at a rate that is rising exponentially. In fact, the human population has produced more...
03 March 2017
A number of studies have shown that individuals who complain of irritable bowel (IBS) symptoms also have changes to the...
23 February 2017
Bumblebees have been trained to roll a ball into a “goal” in reward for sugar-water. They were able to pick up the...
16 February 2017
Promoting social causes online can mobilise millions and raise huge sums of money. But it only leads to long term...
15 February 2017
Scientists have discovered that the sea may have its own pollution solution in the shape of seagrasses, which come with...
15 February 2017
More than 150 years ago the Irish-born physician Robert Todd penned the first description of the phenomenon now known...
14 February 2017
It’s time for our Gene of the Month, and to celebrate Valentine’s day we’ve picked the most romantic molecule we could...
14 February 2017
Fourteen new developmental disorders have been discovered by a team led by researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger...
14 February 2017
Doctors have successfully treated two baby girls with cancer using gene-edited immune cells.
14 February 2017
An international collaboration of researchers has discovered 83 new genetic variations linked to human height.
09 February 2017
A decade ago e-cigarettes were a pipe-dream. Now they're mainstream, and usage is rising fast. But are they safer...