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They turned one laser into many colors — and did it without fiddly heaters or endless tuning. Imagine a single, compact ...

She was told as a teenager that pregnancy would be impossible. Now, Grace Bell cradles a son named Hugo and calls his ar...

Cells once thought destined to die may hand tumors a lifeline. Strange, right? A new study from the University of Califo...

How Daily Mental Sharpness Can Cost You 40 Minutes EachDaily fluctuations in mental sharpness appear to play a key role ...

What if the next breakthrough idea arrives while you are asleep? It sounds like science fiction, but a recent lab study ...

Tiny plastic particles are raining down on landscapes and seas alike — and the sky holds far more of them than researche...

The biggest land animals of the Jurassic were also the most surprising prey: hatchlings no larger than a dinner plate. T...

Buried in piles of discarded mining waste, there may be a hidden treasure that could ease pressure on global supply chai...

Imagine invisible grains of plastic turning the inside of a water pipe into a hardened fortress. Small enough to slip pa...

A new noninvasive brain stimulation method — transcranial focused ultrasound — is poised to change how scientists invest...

Brain imaging from researchers at the University of Nottingham and the University of Cambridge suggests our brains treat...

New research from the University of Birmingham shows that autistic and non-autistic people move their faces in distinct ...

Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown class of tiny RNA-based entities living inside bacteria that inhabit our ...

Ultrafast ultraviolet light has taken a major step forward: researchers have demonstrated a system that can both create ...

New biomechanical modeling suggests that a Triassic-era cynodont, Thrinaxodon liorhinus, could hear airborne sounds usin...

Chemotherapy can leave patients with lasting nerve pain that looks a lot like a direct injury to nerves — but new resear...

China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), nicknamed the 'artificial sun', has crossed a key barrier ...

For decades, paleontologists argued over whether Nanotyrannus was a separate small tyrannosaur or simply a juvenile Tyra...

Imagine a chip where the material itself can store, process and adapt — not because of circuit design, but because of it...

Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan have built an almost invisible, fully program...