Two research teams have independently created devices within which sound waves could be separated by frequency, creating the ...

Having surgery for a heart condition is thought to have triggered an immune response that put the patient into remission for ...

Our sun is capable of storms far bigger than we’ve ever recorded. Studying the world’s oldest trees suggests we could be due one of these gargantuan events soon ...

Two leg bones found on the seabed near Taiwan have been identified as Denisovans, and their size suggests these hominins ...

Bacteria-killing phage viruses souped up with DNA-destroying CRISPR appear to have helped clear up a very serious infection caused by antibiotic-resistant E. coli ...

The standard model of physics is one of the most successful scientific theories in existence, but do we need it all?

Our understanding of the internal structure of protons is largely based on classical physics, but data compiled from accelerator experiments has uncovered quantum behaviour that has never been seen be ...

On 12 August, a total solar eclipse will sweep across parts of Europe and the Atlantic ocean as the moon passes between Earth and the sun, blocking out sunlight. Parts of the US and Africa, along with ...