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A brain hormone that controls water balance in the body also plays a key role in creating new blood cells, a new study...

Hundreds of fossilised dinosaur eggs, some with preserved chicks still inside, have been uncovered by scientists in...

Heavy drinkers are more likely to choose strongly alcoholic drinks associated with negative emotions, such as...

Mice exposed to allergens pass on protective proteins to offspring through breastfeeding

Dolly the cloned sheep didn't have early-onset arthritis, a new study looking at her skeleton has concluded.

Cancers carry microbes with them when they spread around the body, suggesting that bacteria might promote the process,...

New hair-thin brain probe could revolutionise how we record brain activity

A chemical released by intestinal worms to prevent the immune system attacking them has been isolated by scientists in...

New results shed light on excess positrons.

Scientists have developed a new method of growing liver cancer cells in the lab, which could greatly improve our...

Space scientists have confirmed the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting a cool, calm star about 11 light years...

Every step you take, every click you make, someone's watching you...

New study measures mechanisms for reversal of Type 2 diabetes in rats.

Carbon nanotubes could be as bad for you as asbestos, a new UK study has shown.

Doctors in Germany have used gene therapy to grow a complete new epidermis for a boy with a life-threatening inherited...

Scientists have found evidence that baseline sleep prior to fear learning is associated with reduced activity in brain...

Fossil finds have revealed male woolly mammoths were more likely to fall into natural traps

Drugs present in wastewater used to irrigate farmland can affect the growth and development of insects feeding on...

Whether a cancer patient responds to certain treatments is dictated by the the bacteria they carry in their intestines...

A diabetes drug also treats acute myeloid leukaemia...

Plants use a trick of the light to make their flowers look blue to bees...

New technique tried in human embryos

A cholesterol injection can reduce the damage done by a heart attack, new research has shown.