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The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), in collaboration with its Canada and Taiwan partners, Japan, Europe and Chile, inaugurated the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).

The world's largest ground-based observatory has been opened in Chile. Antennas are positioned to capture incredible pictures that ...

If ideas are currency in a knowledge-driven industry such as scientific research, why is intellectual property (IP) so ...

Of the 7,000 languages spoken on the planet, Tembé is at the small end with just 150 speakers ...

For those who enjoy a cup of coffee or green tea, there's good news: drinking them regularly may ...

Physicists are now almost certain the curious “Higgs-like particle” revealed at CERN last year is a Higgs boson.

In the movie Alien, the title character is an extraterrestrial creature that can survive brutal heat and resist ...

Ancient camels up to 29% larger than their modern-day cousins may have roamed the High Arctic of Canada ...

A century after Western explorers first crossed the dangerous landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic, researchers have deployed ...

American multi-millionaire and “space tourist” Dennis Tito plans to help fund a trip to Mars for two intrepid ...

It’s been referred to, somewhat disparagingly, as blobology, but MRI technology has the potential to improve treatment for ...

The melodious beauty and elaborate complexity of birdsong has long inspired poets, writers, and musicians – as well ...

A new technique has been developed by University of Toronto engineering professor Ted Sargent and his research group ...

A new U.K. study has found that caffeine in nectar encourages honeybees to remember the scent and come ...

A network of U.S. seismographic stations recorded spectacular signals from the blast waves of the Chelyabinsk meteor that ...

Years after they lose an arm or leg, amputees' brains still carry an image of the missing limb ...

All forms of science are reliant on facts, hard evidence and statistics to maintain relevance and credibility. But ...

U.S. scientists have successfully used a new NASA telescope to help improve our understanding of how black holes ...

In a paper published today in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Barry Brook and colleagues argue against the ...

NASA has revealed that its Van Allen Probes have discovered a third, previously unknown, radiation belt around Earth.

Global bans on rhinoceros products have failed, and legalization is required to save rhinos from extinction, argue scientists.

See this video of a cute slow loris eating banana.

You may have heard in the recent media that the world was going to end.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft detected a strong bow shock while studying the ringed planet, revealing a massive acceleration of ...

A new German study has revealed changes in the patterns of atmospheric flow around the Northern hemisphere that ...

A first-in-Canada virtual 3-D lung navigation system will enhance diagnosis, staging, and care for lung cancer patients in ...