Researchers have succeeded in reconstructing the sea ice conditions in the Fram Strait for this critical period at the end of the last glacial and thus in finding a direct connection between changes…

Source: IPA By Kerrie Foxwell-Norton, Griffith University It’s tempting to view The Australian’s latest broadside at the ABC as just another salvo fired between our nation’s two biggest media…

A new study has found that both type-1 diabetes and type-2 diabetes are the result of the same mechanism - the formation of toxic clumps of a hormone called amylin. The results, based on 20 years'…

Even the most careful chosen meal can contain surprises and to defend against infectious microbial fifth columnists in the intestines, a dedicated contingent of immune cells keeps watch within the…

Let’s say it straight. Mars is, without any doubt our next step in space exploration, sparking our imagination for many years in spaceflight history. After sending tons of scientific rovers, it’s…

Everyone's heard of the birds and the bees - why do they leave out the flowers that are being fertilized? Maybe because it is too complicated. The fertilization process for flowering plants is…

Using a combination of genetic and optical techniques, researchers at the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme have established the effect of serotonin on sensitivity to pain. "Serotonin is a…

A method based on computer vision algorithms similar to those used in facial recognition systems combined with visualization of only the diagnostically most relevant areas can mean a big breakthrough…

A ubiquitous skin fungus linked to dandruff, eczema and other itchy, flaky maladies in humans has now been tracked to even further global reaches—including Hawaiian coral reefs and the extreme…

Scientists have mapped quantum tornadoes that swirl within tiny droplets of liquid helium, which confirms that helium nanodroplets are in fact the smallest possible superfluidic objects and opens new…

Nottingham Trent University, CC BY-NC-ND By Alister Scott, Birmingham City University In the current rush to achieve the highest student satisfaction and best positions on university league tables we…

By Peter Gwynne, Inside Science Why don't we suffocate whenever we try to take a breath? An international team of scientists has used quantum mechanics – the science that usually deals with events at…

Shall I compare thee to a novel? No. Tim McFarlane/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA By David Sweeney, Glasgow School of Art For the second year running, the Edinburgh International Book Festival returns with…

Next year, American consumers will finally be able to purchase fuel cell cars and they are zero-emissions vehicles but, like current electric cars, not really, since the cars will run on hydrogen…

If you capture a hummingbird on high-speed video and slow it down, their wings thrum like helicopter blades as they hover near food. Their hearts beat 20 times a second and their tongues dart 17…

Researchers at the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases scientists have found that Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in marmosets closely mimics…

New measurements of atomic-scale magnetic behavior in iron-based superconductors are challenging conventional wisdom about superconductivity and magnetism.  Superconductivity is strongly…

Emiliania huxleyi, up close and personal. Alison R. Taylor, CC BY By Assaf Vardi, Weizmann Institute of Science and Ilan Koren, Weizmann Institute of Science Algae isn’t just found in your garden…

Water is abundant and so is sunlight, and using them to create hydrogen makes sense for a cleaner energy future, where biological systems powered by sunlight can manufacture hydrogen to use as fuel.…

You'd think Hawaii would be really supportive of science. Without genetic modification and the GMO Rainbow papaya crop, papaya on Hawaii would be extinct due to the ringspot virus, but everyone in…