By all measures, graphene shouldn't exist. The fact it does comes down to a neat loophole in physics that sees an impossible 2D sheet of atoms act like a solid 3D material. New research has delved into graphene's rippling, discovering a physical phenomenon…

Researchers have hacked the immune system of a bacterium into serving as the equivalent of a molecular tape recorder.

It's the first time humans have seen this in the wild.

A 70-year-old patient who presented with cancer-like symptoms turns out to have been harbouring something even weirder: a fungal infection that may have been in his body for 30 years before making itself known.

Using some deep Google AI trickery and a virtual reality headset, scientists have built a device they're calling the Hallucination Machine – an experience a lot like tripping out, but without any of the actual drugs.

Antibiotic resistance in bacteria, which includes both common bugs and so-called superbugs, is a serious and globally recognized problem. In fact, the United Nations elevated the issue to a crisis level almost a year ago now, and the World Health O

Ask any new parent how their baby is going and you will most likely get an update on recent weight gains.

An unnatural number of earthquakes hit Texas in the past decade, and the region's seismic activity is increasing. In 2008, two earthquakes stronger than magnitude 3 struck the state. Eight years later, 12 did.

There seems to be significant confusion about what happened in the British parliament when MPs discussed a proposed amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill to formally recognise animal sentience. But where science is concerned, animal sentience is in

A California man who planned to launch himself 1,800 feet (550 metres) high Saturday in a homemade scrap-metal rocket - in an effort to prove that Earth is flat - said he is postponing the experiment after he couldn't get permission from a federal

Australia's Taronga Western Plains Zoo has a new resident - a new baby black rhino, born to mum Bakhita and dad Kwanzaa.

Wasps build their homes out of chewed-up vegetable fibre, painstakingly glued together until it resembles a papery stack of recycled carton. You'd think there's only so much fibre they can chew and stitch together with their tiny mouthparts.

Cyber Monday is here, which means there's no shortage of great deals and discounts around the web.

A mysterious protein that binds to RNA has been found to play an important role in the formation of memories in rats.

They get into your trash, they swarm to sewage and corpses, they spew on everything, they're covered in bacteria and germs from the (literal) crap they like to land on, and then they walk their grubby little feet all over your food. Flies are super

A company selling medical marijuana in Canada has made quite a splash after releasing a novelty Advent calendar filled with cannabis goods.

Low-dimensional nanomaterials are crucial conducting components of stretchable electronics, but their mechanical reinforcement remains challenging. Here, the authors infiltrate carbon nanotubes into a porous ceramic network to produce a 3D nanofelted self…

You really don't want your smartphone or smart car going up in flames due to an overheating battery. Now scientists have figured out how to embed a flame-extinguishing chemical into standard batteries to stop this from happening.