A mathematical proof shows that some quantum states can resist nature’s tendency to disorder – but only under very specific ...

Daniele Oriti’s pursuit of a theory of quantum gravity has led him to the startling conclusion that the laws of nature don’t ...

While the 20th century saw rapid rises in average life expectancy at birth, more recent years have seen a slowdown, ...

A pair of ctenophores, or comb jellies, can fuse their bodies together, merging their digestive and nervous systems, without any issues with immune rejection ...

Motion sensors in smartphones can be turned into makeshift microphones to eavesdrop on conversations, outsmarting security ...

Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their work on disocvering microRNA and ...

The United States has ramped up influenza surveillance amid an ongoing outbreak of the bird flu virus H5N1 in dairy cattle.

Google DeepMind claims its AlphaChip AI method can deliver “superhuman” chip designs that are already used in its data ...

Mathematician Tom Crawford explains what P versus NP means – and what makes the problem so fiendishly difficult to solve ...

Bacteria grown from carbon compounds in asteroids could be turned into a kind of nutritionally balanced milkshake ...

A detector aboard the International Space Station found signatures of unexpectedly abundant antimatter – which may have been ...

El Niño and La Niña cycles driven by ocean temperatures in the Pacific can influence weather in the North Atlantic 12 months ...