Analysis of thousands of exchanges between the intelligent cetaceans suggests they combine short click patterns – similar to ...

A practical superconductor would transform the efficiency of electronics. After decades of hunting, several key breakthroughs ...

Two astronauts will have to wait to set off for the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule, following ...

A robot that moves around by balancing on a ball could prove a better assistant for wheelchair users than humanoid robots ...

An implantable heart pump could help children with heart failure awaiting transplants forego bulky devices that require long hospital stays ...

The strategy for tracking bird flu in US dairy cattle falls worryingly short of what is needed to prevent the outbreak from widening and potentially spreading to humans ...

Software that has been blocked from connecting to the internet should be secure from hacking attempts, but now researchers have found a way to sneak data out by varying the speed of the computer's pro ...

A quantum bit inspired by Schrödinger’s cat can resist making errors for an unprecedentedly long time, which makes it a ...

A ribbon of electrodes could nestle in the gut to help diagnose gastrointestinal diseases linked to Parkinson’s ...

Information contained within quantum objects gets scrambled when they interact. Physicists have now derived a speed limit for ...

A surprise discovery has revealed that female stink bugs have a small indent on their hind legs that they use for cultivating ...

Head-bobbing seems to be a way for zebras to invite others to groom, graze or move together, suggesting sophisticated social ...