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“Self-healing” is not a word that people usually associate with cancer. But researchers studying a very unusual and...

The bones of people who died up to a hundred years ago are being used in the development of new treatments for chronic...

The mission Stardust-NExT, to study comet Tempel 1, made it's closest ever flyby, observing the surface of the...

Astronomers using the Gemini telescope have "weighed" the black hole at the centre of the M87 Galaxy. They...

NASA's WISE mission, or Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, has spotted the bow shock of a runaway star...

A candidate galaxy spotted at a red shift of 10, likely to be the most distant object observed so far, gives us a...

NASA's STEREO mission - a pair of twin probes monitoring the Sun, have now reached 180 degree separation, allowing...

First picture of the Earth's plasma tail has been taken, and it is more dynamic than expected.

Mysterious moving stones in a Death Vally lake bed may have been solved.

Alaskan black bears do not hibernate in the same way as other, smaller, mammals and an understanding of how they...

An isolated population of people in Ecuador could hold the genetic key to a long and healthy life, according to...

A new way of seeing inside the body has been developed that uses normal light

Scientists have confirmed what your grandmother always told you - oily fish really can keep you healthier.

Seeking to overcome the poor attendances at cardiac rehab classes by patients recovering from heart attacks and surgery...

The relentless onward march of microbial resistance means that the arsenal of antibiotics that are effective against...

High temperature cables can save weight and energy, but the problem is they are brittle, and difficult to get around...

This week scientists from China have identified an environmentally-friendly way of making acrylic acid. Typically,...

Researchers have found that this species of early hominin had rigid, arched feet. This means that afarensis would have...

Oysters are considered to be a culinary delicacy, but a new piece of research has found that 85% of all oyster reefs...

Papua New Guinea gives go ahead for the world's first deep-sea mine. Expert calls for urgent conservation plans.

The field of arterial graft surgery looks set to take a big leap forward thanks to a breakthrough by US scientists....

Researchers in Australia have come up with the electrical equivalent of a thinking cap, capable of broadening the mind...

Researchers this week have reported in the journal Science the existence of a new subspecies of mosquito, that is...

Researchers at the University of Leeds have found that an Amazonian drought in 2010 was more severe that one billed as...