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A breakthrough by CSIRO-led scientists has made the world's strongest material more commercially viable, thanks to the humble soybean. Graphene is a carbon material that...

A new antibiotic, produced by bacteria found on a species of African ant, is very potent against antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs' like MRSA according to scientists. Researchers...

Credit: UNIST UNIST scientists have developed an exiting new catalyst that can split water into hydrogen almost as good as platinum, but less costly and...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Determining the exact configuration of proteins and other complex biological molecules is an important step toward understanding their functions, including how they...

Credit: FireEye Inc. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and leading cyber security company FireEye are inking a partnership to explore new areas in cyber...

As the world continually emits carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the oceans are taking a hit, absorbing some of it and growing more acidic. Among...

Viruses are extremely efficient at targeting and delivering cargo to cells. In the journal ACS Nano, researchers report they have harnessed this well-honed ability --...

Loading video... Credit: UC San Diego Health A team of 18 University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center researchers has...

Credit: David Carrier Walking on our heels, a feature that separates great apes, including humans, from other primates, confers advantages in fighting, according to a...

Credit: University of Kent Kent researchers have identified how few mutations it can take for Ebolaviruses to adapt to affect previously resistant species. Ebola is...

Credit: A. Wilson Forget delivering packages or taking aerial photographs--drones can even count small birds! A new study from The Auk: Ornithological Advances tests this...

Credit: UQ The genes of 50 top bulls have been sequenced in an effort to understand how genes from temperate cattle have influenced important production...

Credit: Dr Mary Bourke (Trinity College Dublin). Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered a patch of land in an ancient valley on Mars that...

WASHINGTON -- In the first successful randomized trial of its kind, researchers have provided preliminary evidence that telephone-based smoking cessation counseling given to smokers shortly...

Credit: UT Arlington A researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington is working to determine the benefits of using recycled materials and geocells to...