Researchers are taking a closer look at this science-fiction staple—and bringing the idea a little closer to reality

A subatomic particle has been found to switch between matter and antimatter, according to Oxford physicists analyzing data from the Large Hadron Collider. It turns out that an unfathomably tiny weight difference between two particles could have saved the…

Cancer becomes far more dangerous when it spreads through the body. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have identified a protein that stops cells getting into the bloodstream – and found that metastasizing cancer cells ignore it. This may reveal…

Research in birds suggests that when one partner speaks, the other partner’s brain is inhibited from talking over them

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