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Researchers have identified the first unconventional superconductor with a chemical composition also found in nature – miassite.

Sparks fly when a female nematode meets her mate in a Petri dish. Tracking him by smell, she beelines over and is pregnant within moments of physical contact. But for the hermaphroditic version of these tiny roundworms, it’s a very different story.

A new study illustrates that tropical birds can handle changes in temperature better than expected, indicating they may be less affected by climate change.

Bacterial poisoning via food and water – but also via contact such as kisses – caused a lot of suffering during the Stone Age. Diseases that today can be treated with antibiotics were then fatal, a new study shows.

Increasing shade cover over coffee plants can increase biodiversity and provide new ways to combine agriculture and conservation, a new study reports.

A healthier diet is associated with a reduced dementia risk and slower pace of aging, reports a new study.

Brewer’s yeast – a byproduct of beer making that is also the basis for Marmite – could help recover metals from waste electronics.

University of Waterloo researchers have created a new technology that can remove harmful microplastics from contaminated water with 94 per cent efficiency.

The first transgenic cow has been bred to produce human insulin in her milk in a proof-of-concept achievement that could be scaled up after additional testing and FDA approval.

A new study has found that the summer solstice is a “starting gun” to synchronize beech tree reproduction across vast distances in Europe.