Great apes may have been laughing with a similar rhythm to modern humans for at least 15 million years, a University of ...

A 100-year-old equation and a fibre-optic cable off the coast of Svalbard led researchers to discover they could detect ...

Markers of a new mechanism for cell death, called karyoptosis, have been found in brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease ...

Researchers in Japan explored whether a wearable, neck-mounted camera could offer a new way to document and review ...

A University of Michigan life cycle analysis shows that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and electric vehicles offer significant reductions in lifetime greenhouse gas emissions compared with diesel powertr ...

A study has revealed that despite centuries of violent regime changes, medieval Sicily was a genetic ‘melting pot’, where ...

An international collaboration has discovered two of the lowest-density giant planets ever detected: rare ‘super-puff’ ...

The availability of genetic testing for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for people with a family member diagnosed with the disease is expected to greatly increase the number of clinic visits to ...

An engineering team at SURF monitoring air flow through the complex system of 370 miles of tunnels and shafts did not ...

The environment experienced by young zebrafish influences both the shape and electrical activity of the neurons in the eye, ...

Curtin University researchers have determined the most precise age yet for the oldest known impact crater on Earth, providing new insight into how meteorite strikes shaped the planet during its ...

Cambridge researchers have shown that severe pneumonia has three different subtypes, helping explain why some patients in intensive care units (ICUs) recover from their illness faster than others, ...