New figures show that more Australians are using insulin to manage diabetes.
Researchers from Cambridge University successfully created brain tissue from a sliver of human skin. The breakthrough could lead to a cure for a wide range of neurological conditions like Alzheimer's, stroke and autism.
Researchers from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute in Melbourne say they believe that common drugs like aspirin can help arrest the spread of cancer tumors in the body.
TEGAN DOLSTRA has more to offer than the romance and drama dished out in gossip magazines. It has tips on how to pick an ideal wingman, what girls are truly after, and fiddler crabs based on a recent discovery.
Reseachers from the University of Western Australia are studying the potential impact of climate change and altered hydrology on a major Pilbara wetland.
The completion of the genome sequence of the saltwater crocodile offers a more accurate selection of “breeders” which could take place as soon as the eggs hatch.
The search for habitable alien planets will be harder because tidal forces could remove water from planets to leave them dry worlds.
As early as 2013, clinically-blind people in Australia could find a new hope to see again as researchers from Monash University rolls out the human trials for a bionic eye implant.
An acceleration of a certain chemical reaction along a nanotube turns out could generate power.
Another fresh war is brewing between Australia's supermarket giants. From fresh produce, Coles and Woolworths are now battling for the title of being the number one supporter of sustainable fish species.
Let slip the robo dogs of war. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or DARPA showcased a robotic mule that is capable of carrying 100 pounds of gear in its first outdoor test.
If you're concerned about how fast robotic technology is developing then this should set alarm bells off. Robots can now eat biofuel, drink dirty water and excrete the waste.
Space tours will soon be a reality with the announcement of the Virginia-based Space Adventure of their plants to offer trips around the moon to space tourists five years from now.
Russia plans to spend almost $12 billion on its Glonass satellite navigation system in 2012-2020, and to build the world's most powerful laser research station at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion.
More and more Aussies are avoiding toxic products when they shop for cleaning products.
Is it okay with you that your doctor is on the payroll of a pharmaceutical company?
Some men are genetically predisposed to be 50 per cent more likely to get heart disease.
More than cigarettes and alcohol, social media and email is more addicting, according to the findings of a new study.
An international team of scientists have created the world's first biological computer that is made from biological molecules and can decode images stored and encrypted within DNA.
A new study at Sydney’s Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute showed that traits can be changed through “epigenetic” changes, which could have implications for a number of trends and changes in our population, such as the obesity epidemic.
A few hundred million years from now the Earth will have a vastly different geography. A new prediction for the future sees the Americas and Asia fusing together at the north to form one supercontinent called Amasia.
Researchers have found new forms of life that are totally unkown in underwater caves in the Bahamas called “blue holes.” These caves can provide clues on how life evolved not only on Earth but possibly on alien worlds, researchers said.
The field of neuroscience has made huge breakthroughs in recent years and soon it could provide new weapons that could attack enemy forces by disabling parts of their minds, according to a report from the UK.
NASA’s spaceship development program enters its third phase by offering funding for two U.S. firms to design and build space transport systems for ferrying astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
By end February, residents and travellers plying the routes of China's municipality of Beijing will slowly get to experience inhaling cleaner air as the municipality government undertakes to introduce the first batch of liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered public buses.
A new study found that having a simple, easy-to-pronounce name is more likely to win you friends and favour in the workplace.
How do you think of a world without animals? In the 1982 film “Bladerunner” directed by Ridley Scott, most of the animals in the world had become extinct and people had taken to artificial animals, to substitute for the real thing. That world appears near to realization, thanks to the "ambivalent" relations of humans and animals
Spongebob’s pet snail Gary and his kind are apparently unaccounted for in current climate change models. Already, they are extinct from the minds of scientists working on the effects of climate change, and that got to stop.
From 165 million years in the past the mating call of the prehistoric katydids can now be heard again thanks to the efforts of an international team of scientists.
It's too soon to say if Russian scientists are the first people to reach the buried Antarctic lake, according to Valery Lukin, director of the Russian Antarctic program.
