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Astronaut muscles waste away on long space flights reducing their capacity for physical work by more than 40%

Middle-aged and elderly Swedish women who regularly ate a small amount of chocolate had lower risks of heart failure risks

Polytechnic Institute have created a nanoscale coating for surgical equipment, hospital walls, and other surfaces which safely eradicates methicillin, the bacteria responsible for antibiotic resistant infections.

One Chicago skyline is dazzling enough. Now imagine 15,000 of them

Scientists from Boston University's Center for Space Physics (CSP) have obtained sub-visual evidence of the onset of a new cycle of solar-terrestrial activity

Within a dangerous stomach bacterium, Yale University researchers have discovered an ancient but functioning genetic remnant from a time before DNA existed

Sleek design and ease of use are just two of the main reasons consumers are increasingly attracted to tablets and e-readers. And these devices are only going to get better

Within a dangerous stomach bacterium, Yale University researchers have discovered an ancient but functioning genetic remnant from a time before DNA existed

A new analysis of the unusually long solar cycle that ended in 2008 suggests that one reason for the long cycle could be a stretching of the Sun's conveyor belt

Space scientists at the University of Leicester have released satellite images of vast plumes of smoke emanating from the peat bog fires which are currently sweeping across central and western Russia