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Fever during pregnancy might cause development heart and facial abnormalities, a new study has shown.

Being able to pick your own workout could have benefits even after you hang up those dumbells.

Technique used for the first time in a UK lab

Three quarters of the world's honey is laced with neonicotinoid insecticides, a new study has shown this week.

The condition polycystic kidney disease, also known as PKD, has been recreated using stem cells in a culture dish by...

A gene therapy technique that can help to repair the retina and restore lost vision has been tested successfully on...

Debris swept away by the 2011 Japanese tsunami has carried hundreds of new species across the Pacific Ocean to the...

A dipstick test that can rapidly and accurately tell Zika infection from dengue has been developed by US researchers.

Protein discoveries in algae may help scientists engineer faster-growing crop plants to meet the food demands of our...

A large electric eel can deliver a shock ten times more powerful than a TASER, a new study has shown.

Scientists have a new best estimate for our remaining carbon budget, but does this bring new hope?

A gene therapy technique that can halt the progression of a condition resembling multiple sclerosis (MS) in mice has...

When you hear the word robots, you probably think of giant metal creatures moving awkwardly around the room — or...

Previous laboratory estimates of tectonic plate strength have failed to match estimates of strength from real world...

Bird skulls and brains resemble those of young dinosaurs and may provide insight into their evolutionary origin and...

Human population, agriculture, tourism and trade are moving microbes around the world at unprecedented levels,...

Could bacteria be conspiring with cancer to block the action of chemotherapy drugs?

After 13 years in orbit about Saturn, and making some of the most important discoveries in our Solar System, the...

Ancient viruses live on in our genomes.

The nature of the biological switch that controls whether a female honeybee will become a sterile worker or a sexually...

Scientists rewrite the rules of Jupiter’s auroras to explain the latest data from NASA's Juno Mission.

Researchers have used a novel technique to understand coral loss over a period of 240 years.

Scientists cure 100% of macaques infected with worst-case scenario strain of Lassa fever virus...

Sand is the world's favourite building material. Without it there would be no roads, railways, docks and harbours...