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People who drink coffee live longer, new research suggests. Credit: © iko / Fotolia Here's another reason to start the day with a cup of joe:...

Spider web. Credit: © Mikyimagenarte / Fotolia A team of architects and chemists from the University of Cambridge has designed super-stretchy and strong fibres which are...

Professor Laurence Zwiebel, left, and graduate student Stephen Ferguson in the insectary where they study ants' sense of smell. Credit: John Russell, Vanderbilt University It's a...

Solid-state transformers, developed at NC State, can make the smart grid concept a reality. Credit: NC State University A new study using complex computational models finds...

This is a side view of the plesiosaur model in the hydrodynamic simulation. Credit: Ms Pernille V Troelsen When dinosaurs ruled the land, plesiosaurs ruled the...

During the neutron scattering experiment, the sample containing copper ions exhibited exotic quantum properties as certain quasiparticles spin in a wave-like configuration, eventually revealing...

Farming in Africa (stock image). Credit: © klevit / Fotolia Climate change could turn one of Africa's driest regions into a very wet one by suddenly...

While under hypnosis, the test participants had to react on various symbols. In order to observe brain activity, the participants were linked up to...

Tree ferns still occupy the tropical moist forests in Australia, even though they shared their 'golden age' with dinosaurs. Credit: Samuli Lehtonen Throughout the history of...

The golden silk orb weaver (Nephila pilipes) creates dragline silk that prevents it from spinning while hanging from its web. Credit: Kai Peng of Huazhong...

Scolding does not necessarily cause a change of behaviour as researchers at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Würzburg have found. Credit: ©...