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MIT's new 'Flight Goggles' system is designed to train autonomous drones. The drones 'see' a rich and detailed environment whilst flying in an empty physical space.

A new analysis of long-term atmospheric measurements shows emissions of the ozone-destroying chemical CFC-11 are rising again, most likely from new, unreported production from an unidentified source in East Asia.

The plants which produce one of the most popular drinks in the world, coffee, are targeted by a microscopic worm, but scientists are fighting back. An underestimated problem in coffee farming, the parasite has been found in soil samples across the coffee growing world thanks to a new and quick detection method.

People who followed a diet of low energy density food such as vegetables, lean meat and rice were more likely to feel full than those who tried to restrict their calorie intake, according to research.

How much space does a population need to branch out and form a new species? A small island in the Philippines, and four species of mice that live on it, have helped researchers work out the answer.

Abzena plc, the life sciences group providing services and technologies to enable the development and manufacture of biopharmaceutical products, has selected Sartorius Stedim Biotech as its preferred equipment supplier in the U.S.

The first European-wide genomic survey of gonorrhoea has mapped antibiotic resistance in this sexually transmitted disease throughout the continent. Researchers also showed that using DNA sequencing data they could accurately determine antibiotic resistance and identify incorrect laboratory test results.

Specially arranged nano-sized cellulose fibers are the strongest material of them all, in a move that might cause some to re-name Superman the “man of cellulose.”

Researchers have uncovered important genomic data from the remains of an ancient giant ground sloth. The analysis, they say, proves for the first time that the giant ground sloth—which went extinct approximately 10,000 years ago—is a close relative of the modern two-fingered sloth, believed to be one of the world’s slowest mammals.

Researchers have published the first major results from the American Gut Project , a crowdsourced, global citizen science effort. The project is the largest published study to date of the human microbiome — the unique microbial communities that inhabit our bodies.