Tumour identification a matter of life and death

A specialized camera that allows scientists to see as reef-dwelling animals do has been built by a team of researchers at the University of Bristol.

by Morgan Kelly - A hallmark of the individual is the cultivation of personal interests, but for some people, their intellectual pursuits might actually be genetically predetermined.

A recent study by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland identified the reasons why college-age individuals would be tested for sexually transmitted diseases.

Scientists have used a laser to create magnetic fields similar to those thought to be involved in the formation of the first galaxies; findings that could help to solve the riddle of how the Universe got its magnetism.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Masks and hand hygiene could cut the spread of flu-like symptoms up to 75 percent, a University of Michigan study found.

New research from the University of Bristol may disprove a long-standing conjecture made by one of the founders of quantum information science: that quantum states featuring 'positive partial transpose', a particular symmetry under time-reversal, can never lead to nonlocality.

A new study, using genetic analysis to look for clues about human migration, suggests that the first modern humans settled in Arabia on their way from the Horn of Africa to the rest of the world.

The idea of a simple, cheap and widely available device that could boost brain function sounds too good to be true.

The death rate from heart attacks in England has halved in the last decade, according to Oxford University research.

Here is a news release issued today by the journal Nature: - The author of an upcoming Nature paper about H5N1 argues in a Nature Comment article today that research into deadly pathogenic viruses must continue if pandemics are to be prevented.