A beam of radioactive carbon ions has been used to destroy cancer cells in mice, demonstrating a therapy that may cause less ...

Mosquito larvae die after consuming hemp leaves because they react strongly to the cannabidiol in the foliage. The discovery ...

Our immune cells change a lot as the decades progress, which could explain why we become more susceptible to certain ...

A US standards agency has issued new guidance saying organisations shouldn’t require users to change their passwords ...

Bacteria that have been genetically engineered to work like computers can solve a range of problems, using a very simple type ...

An AI-assisted analysis of satellite images suggests the vapour trails produced by aircraft have a net cooling effect in the daytime because they reflect sunlight back into space ...

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