Rutgers University engineers have found a simple method for producing high-quality graphene that can be used in next-generation electronic and energy devices: bake the compound in a microwave oven.

RMIT University researchers have trialled a quantum processor capable of routing quantum information from different locations in a critical breakthrough for quantum computing

Fewer than 250 mature Bawean warty pigs in existence

Five-dimensional black hole could 'break' general relativity [actual study in comments]

Pigments, organelles persist in fossil feathers

Ocean acidification may cause dramatic changes to phytoplankton

Dark matter even darker than once thought

Herd mentality: Are we programmed to make bad decisions?

Pulsars with black holes could hold the 'holy grail' of gravity

Microbot muscles: Chains of particles assemble and flex

Geneticists solve 40-year-old dilemma to explain why duplicate genes remain in the genome

"Cancer is as old as multi-cellular life on earth and will probably never be completely eradicated," says Professor Thomas Bosch

While preferring silence to music from the West, chimpanzees apparently like to listen to the different rhythms of music from Africa and India, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association

Bacteria help explain why stress, fear trigger heart attacks

Scientists reveal new picture in the evolution of flightless birds