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Artificial intelligence (AI) is learning - from the real world. Nine months ago, a computer beat one of the world's...

Credit: Supplied by the research team The Australian National University (ANU) is part of an international team of astronomers that...

Latest research from New Zealand's University of Otago is shedding new light on why and how cancer cells spread from...

Credit: Dr. Hiroki Hasegawa Background to the Research The generation of fusion energy utilizes the fusion reaction that occurs inside...

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) launched a new tool to help biomedical and life science investigators...

Credit: Hugh Safford/USDA Forest Service A study spanning 10 national forests and 14 burned areas in California found that conifer...

Before modern medical lab techniques became available, doctors diagnosed some diseases by smelling a patient's breath. Scientists have been working...

A class of flame retardants known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been phased out of production in the U.S....

The compound view shows a new ALMA Band 5 view of the colliding galaxy system Arp 220 (in red) on...

Credit: Brian Jones/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Humans and other animals carry rogue sequences of DNA in their genomes called...

Credit: Stobart et al Nature Communications (2016). Crafting a vaccine against RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) has been a minefield for...

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Among the most important molecules in the living world are sugars or...

Molecules 10,000 times narrower than the width of a human hair could hold the key to making possible wooden skyscrapers...

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 20, 2016) - As the valves in a heart stretch with each beat,...