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Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2017 -- There's a new trend in agriculture called vertical farming. As humans learned to farm, we...

Millions of years ago something happened, allowing early Homo sapiens to branch out from the primitive hominoid family tree. Was this crucial turn in human...

Credit: Princeton University/HSC Project Figuring out the fate of the Universe is one step closer. The first massive dataset of a "cosmic census" is released...

Credit: Courtesy of the Deshaies laboratory The genomes of cancer cells--cells that do not obey signals to stop reproducing--are riddled with genetic mutations, causing them...

Do you remember the last time you escaped the hot summer sun to enjoy a cool reprieve in the shade beneath a broad-leafed tree? While...

The development of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (RAI) technologies to improve the way we care for the sick and elderly, and deal with hazardous environments...

Credit: Lancaster University A comprehensive 'Body of Knowledge' to inform and underpin education and professional training for the cyber security sector is set to be...

Credit: Dr Matias Mudarra, University of Malaga, Spain An international team of researchers has demonstrated that key processes in models used for the global assessment...

Credit: Matthew Murdoch / flickr.com Crack open an egg, let it slide into a hot frying pan and almost immediately the transparent and slippery egg...

Credit: C. Thiel und Airbus DS Mammalian cells are optimally adapted to gravity. But what happens in the microgravity environment of space if the earth's...

After much deliberation and anxiety, the family finally sought psychiatric help for their son. And the results were in a way, a relief. The doctors'...

Credit: Photo: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Walking, running, sprinting -- every movement of the foot stretches the Achilles' tendon. When jumping, the loads can approach...

Credit: David Hungate/Virginia Tech Carilion Of the more than 3 million people with breast cancer in the United Stated, about 10 percent carry an inherited...

Credit: ETH Zurich / Peter Rüegg The manufacture of cement, bricks, bathroom tiles and porcelain crockery normally requires a great deal of heat: a kiln...

Tanning devices cost the US $343.1 million a year in medical costs because of the skin cancers their use is associated with, according to a...