Engineers have developed a robot that can harvest lettuces.
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23 November 2017
New hair-thin brain probe could revolutionise how we record brain activity
23 November 2017
A chemical released by intestinal worms to prevent the immune system attacking them has been isolated by scientists in...
21 November 2017
New results shed light on excess positrons.
19 November 2017
Scientists have developed a new method of growing liver cancer cells in the lab, which could greatly improve our...
16 November 2017
Space scientists have confirmed the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting a cool, calm star about 11 light years...
16 November 2017
Every step you take, every click you make, someone's watching you...
10 November 2017
New study measures mechanisms for reversal of Type 2 diabetes in rats.
09 November 2017
Carbon nanotubes could be as bad for you as asbestos, a new UK study has shown.
09 November 2017
Doctors in Germany have used gene therapy to grow a complete new epidermis for a boy with a life-threatening inherited...
06 November 2017
Scientists have found evidence that baseline sleep prior to fear learning is associated with reduced activity in brain...
03 November 2017
Fossil finds have revealed male woolly mammoths were more likely to fall into natural traps
02 November 2017
Drugs present in wastewater used to irrigate farmland can affect the growth and development of insects feeding on...
02 November 2017
Whether a cancer patient responds to certain treatments is dictated by the the bacteria they carry in their intestines...
24 October 2017
A diabetes drug also treats acute myeloid leukaemia...
18 October 2017
Plants use a trick of the light to make their flowers look blue to bees...
14 October 2017
New technique tried in human embryos
12 October 2017
A cholesterol injection can reduce the damage done by a heart attack, new research has shown.
12 October 2017
Fever during pregnancy might cause development heart and facial abnormalities, a new study has shown.
11 October 2017
Being able to pick your own workout could have benefits even after you hang up those dumbells.
08 October 2017
Technique used for the first time in a UK lab
05 October 2017
Three quarters of the world's honey is laced with neonicotinoid insecticides, a new study has shown this week.
05 October 2017
The condition polycystic kidney disease, also known as PKD, has been recreated using stem cells in a culture dish by...
05 October 2017
A gene therapy technique that can help to repair the retina and restore lost vision has been tested successfully on...