A genetic study has challenged the idea that a low bottom number in a blood pressure reading necessarily increases heart ...

An ETH Zurich spin-off is developing electric buses that recharge through specially designed tires while stopped over a plate ...

About one in six or seven people may experience symptoms directly attributable to stopping antidepressants, according to a ...

Researchers have used a laser to turn a thin strand of air into an antenna that transmits radio waves. The glowing structure ...

A soft underwater robot inspired by a feather star can swim, hover and change direction using just two parts that drive its ...

A substance linked to used coffee grounds has inspired tiny particles that protected cells in laboratory experiments relevant ...

Potatoes were not generally linked to higher blood pressure in a study of adults in the United States and United Kingdom.

Nature may have less spare capacity to cope with disappearing species than many people assume. A global analysis found that ...

Dust around distant stars is revealing clues to collisions powerful enough to reshape young planets. Astronomers using the ...

Scientists have developed a tiny device that can be injected near a nerve and powered wirelessly from outside the body. Early ...

Giant tortoises on Seychelles’ remote Aldabra Atoll may be far more numerous than earlier estimates suggested. Researchers ...

A child can be harmed by a lasting absence of care, even when there are no visible injuries. Going without emotional ...