Month: February 2015

The largest rodent ever to have lived may have used its front teeth just like…

One in two people will develop cancer at some point in their lives, according to…

In a survey, one in three adults say they would risk living a shorter life…

Over the past decade, rising national wealth across high-income countries has contributed to some improvements…

Inserting a specific strain of bacteria into the microenvironment of aggressive ovarian cancer transforms the…

A novel approach to calculating the value of clean water has been developed by scientists….

Researchers have created the first transistors out of silicene, the world’s thinnest silicon material. This…

How a brilliant-green sea slug manages to live for months at a time ‘feeding’ on…

Astronomers have discovered faint plumes extending from the northeast and south of the nearby spiral…

LEDs could replace lasers for short-range optical communications with the use of an optical antenna…