Experts are calling this a remarkable step forward for prosthetics controlled directly by the brain.
The stretchable electronics industry is in its infancy but devices that are able to flex without breaking could revolutionise devices.
A team of astronomers have produced the first map of the universe as it was 11 billion years ago.
A team of astronomers have discovered a new planet orbiting a nearby sun at just the right distance for an Earth-like climate that could support life.
Scientific discussion about the possible existence of alien life is becoming more mainstream.
Fraud can taint any profession but in science it seems to be rising particularly fast.
Astronomers have discovered a planet twice the size of Earth made largely out of diamond.
Scientists say Earth's magnetic field is weakening and could all but disappear in as little as 500 years as a precursor to flipping upside down.
British scientists have shot down a study on declining honeybee populations that triggered a French ban on a pesticide.
Researchers who wrote the rulebook for quantum teleportation are among the 2012 Thomson Reuters tips to win Nobel prizes for science.
Engineers in Britain have developed an ultrasound scanner that could improve prenatal care in parts of the developing world where this technology is out of reach. ...
Dark energy, the mysterious cosmic force thought to be the fuel behind the accelerating expansion of the universe, is real, according to a team of astronomers.
Scientists have found nature's way of creating colour that never fades, a technique they say could replace pigments used in industry with natural plant extracts. ...
A British woman paralysed from the chest down has become the first person to take home a robotic exoskeleton that enables her to walk.
The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists.
It's the stuff of science fiction usually associated with tales of rogue asteroids on a collision course with Earth.
Sitting in front of a computer or TV screen late into the night could increase your chances of depression, according to a study.
Picture George Clooney (the particle) walking down a street with a gaggle of photographers (the Higgs field) clustered around him.
The world of science now awaits a mass of evidence big enough to be deemed a formal discovery.
The Voyager 1 probe has reached the edge of the solar system, Nasa says.
The European Extremely Large Telescope will directly image planets outside the solar system and those orbiting other suns in so-called “habitable zones”.
“This is ground-breaking research and offers great hope for the future of restoring function to spinal injured patients. ”
For the first time, scientists argue that looming shortages in water and energy supplies should be treated as a single issue.
Scientists are predicting the disappearance of another vast ice shelf in Antarctica by the end of the century.
The structure of silkworm cocoons, which are extremely light and tough, have properties that could inspire advanced materials.