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Created by the rotation of the Earth, the force that creates whirlpools in bathtubs could soon be used to boost traditional hydroelectric power generation by 27 percent, says the inventor of a new turbine...

UK researchers have used the world's thinnest material, graphene, to create the world's smallest transistor, one atom thick and ten atoms wide...

The chance of intelligent life emerging on another planet is very low - less than 0.01 per cent over four billion years, according to a new mathematical model...

Cancer researchers are working to estimate the risk astronauts on long voyages will face from exposure to the high energy radiation that is ubiquitous in space...

Using a powerful ground-based laser, European scientists were able to induce electrical activity in thunderclouds, a precursor to producing lightning strikes on demand...

Insects have adopted a strategy to detect odors that is radically different from those of other organisms - an unexpected and controversial finding that may dissolve current ideology...

It's becoming increasingly common for policy makers to tout "clean" nuclear energy as the only viable alternative to fossil fuels. But this is ignoring the fact that important inroads are being made with renewable energy sources such as solar power. The question is: are alternative energies emerging fast enough to be considered a viable alternative to nuclear energy?

Protocols for DNA testing are being revised after a man attempted to foil a DNA paternity test by placing another man's saliva in his mouth...

One of the tenets of the Hippocratic Oath - first do no harm - has been ignored in the development of a new asthma treatment that initially worsens symptoms before eventually improving overall health...

Turning genetic information into proteins leaves genetic fingerprints, even on regions of the DNA that are not involved in coding for the final protein...

Performing digital signal processing using organic and chemical materials without electrical currents looks like being the wave of the future...

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but what if the beholder is a software program?

Researchers investigating how animals perceive time have found that episodic-like memory in animals is qualitatively different from human episodic memory...

A study into the health effects of drinking 8 glasses of water a day reveals that most supposed benefits are not backed by solid evidence...

A virtual reality subway ride has been used by researchers to reveal the extent that paranoia occurs in the general public...

Persistent childhood fevers that don't respond to antibiotics seem to be cured by removal of the tonsils, even though the children's tonsils appear completely normal and don't show any sign of infection...

New research suggests that the brain can "sense" the calories in food, independent of our normal tasting mechanism...

The American College of Physicians has released a policy document which they believe should be integral to new laws to protect against genetic discrimination in employment and insurance...

Until now, little attention has been paid to human-specific genes, the roles they play and how they influence human physiology...

UCLA chemists have created designer enzymes for reactions not normally catalyzed in nature, opening the door for scientists to control the reactions that sustain life...