During sleep, your brain cleans itself by flushing through cerebrospinal fluid to prevent damage to brain cells. If you're ...

Computers built with analogue circuits promise huge speed and efficiency gains over ordinary computers, but normally at the cost of accuracy. Now, an analogue computer designed to carry out calculatio ...

The Trump administration has laid off government workers integral to major public health surveys, meaning the country will ...

Combining a quantum-inspired algorithm and quantum information processing technologies could enable researchers to measure ...

Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing ...

The monster hurricane pummelling Jamaica is powered by abnormal sea surface temperatures in the Caribbean, which were made at ...

It took a long time for zero to be recognised as a number at all, let alone one of the most powerful ones – but now it’s ...

Fibromyalgia, which causes chronic pain all over the body, is poorly understood, but two studies – made up of millions of ...

When it comes to boosting mental health and even improving performance, team sports and group exercise come out on top, finds ...

Skin irritation, such as through eczema, promotes hair growth in mice, which prompted scientists to create a treatment that ...

A four-fingered robotic hand built from Lego Mindstorms pieces can push, pull and grip with almost as much force as a leading ...

Solar electricity is growing rapidly, but can it really dominate the global energy system? Here is what it will take for us ...