Materials scientists have long known that introducing defects into three-dimensional materials can improve their mechanical and electronic properties....
Technical objections to the idea that Neandertals interbred with the ancestors of Eurasians have been overcome, thanks to a genome analysis method des...
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists at the University of Queensland, Australia, overturns a lon...
Women who have radiotherapy for breast cancer have a small but significantly increased risk of subsequently developing a primary lung tumour, and now ...
Several studies have looked at possible links between maternal obesity during pregnancy and the risk of developmental disorders in the child. However,...
The visibility of smoking in city streets has for the first time anywhere been mapped, in new research from the University of Otago, Wellington, New Z...
New research from North Carolina State University and UNC-Chapel Hill reveals that energy is transferred more efficiently inside of complex, three-dim...
Twitter and other social networking services have revolutionized the way people create and maintain relationships. However, new research shows that Tw...
Passwords, gestures and fingerprint scans are all helpful ways to keep a thief from unlocking and using a cell phone or tablet. Cybersecurity research...
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the journal Cell Reports and presented today at the American Association for Cancer...