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So much ice is piling up in the vast expanses of East Antarctica that, overall, it counterbalances the losses seen at glaciers thinning elsewhere on the frozen continent. It will […]

Venus and asteroids have emerged as top destinations for NASA’s future planetary exploration. On 30 September, the agency announced a shortlist of five contenders for its US$500-million Discovery class of […]

Human Connectome Project finds surprising correlations between brain architecture and behavioural or demographic influences.

As the costs of genetic sequencing fall, oncologists are starting to prescribe expensive new drugs that target the genetic profiles of their patients’ tumours, even when those treatments have not […]

Brain plaques may have been seeded by contaminated hormone extracts from cadavers.

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer cooling pump failure raises questions about its longevity.

Software tools that track how animals move are helping researchers to do everything from diagnosing neurological conditions to illuminating evolution.

Electrons have begun circulating in a synchrotron in Lund, Sweden, in what researchers hope marks the start of a new era for X-ray science.

Devices could track insulin levels in the body or sniff out cancerous cells.