Huge fish fences which are commonly used in tropical seas are causing extensive social, ecological and economic damage and are threatening marine biodiversity and human livelihoods, according to a new study.

In solving a scientific mystery, researchers from the University of Houston and the nation’s national laboratories also discovered a new avenue for clearing toxins from water, including wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing.

Imaging provides a more precise diagnosis of a heart attack that can be used to individualise treatment.

Several University of Georgia researchers teamed up to create a statistical method that may allow public health and infectious disease forecasters to better predict disease reemergence, especially for preventable childhood infections such as measles and pertussis.

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a new framework for building deep neural networks via grammar-guided network generators.

Russian scientists have discovered a previously unknown mechanism of influence of salts migration on the degradation of gigantic intra permafrost gas (methane) hydrate reserves in the Arctic Shelf.

New sensational study conducted at the University of Copenhagen disproves traditional knowledge of stem cell development.

Oceanographers studying creatures in the ocean twilight zone are facing an optical dilemma.

Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have found a way to charge up the fight against bacterial infections using electricity.

The ultimate degree of control for engineering would be the ability to create and manipulate materials at the most basic level, fabricating devices atom by atom with precise control.