The latest in brain-computer interface technology was recently demonstrated after woman with quadriplegia shaped a sophisticated robotic hand with ten degrees...

Security experts have devised a novel authentication system that exploits quantum effects to make fraud-proof credit cards or IDs. Called Quantum-Secure...

Superconductivity or zero electrical resistance at room temperature is any physicist's dream, but so far the challenges have proven too...

As far as manned spaceflight is concerned, all attention seems to be directed toward Mars, which makes sense after all...

Microscopes have gone a long since  Zacharias Jansen first invented them in the 1590s. Besides optical telescopes, we now have...

New York state officials have chosen to ban fracking also known as hydraulic fracturing after a two-year period of review...

An expedition that drilled 2,400m beneath the seabed off Japan - the deepest marine drilling ever -  found life in cores...

Widespread use of computers is said to make people dumber or more prone to forgetfulness. It's true, while we're less...

Amazingly, 19 percent of all Australian households have solar panels or solar water heaters installed, according to  the Australian Bureau...

One of the most interesting projects in science today are the  BRAIN Initiative in the US and the Human Brain...

There isn't a less dreaded sight in any respectable bar than a beer bottle gushing foam. It's not the bartender's...

We've previously told you how our ancestors' adaptation to metabolizing alcohol which first happened some 10 million years ago may...

Moore's law says that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles every two years, hence doubling also the...

A very simple, yet effective optical technique was demonstrated that can transform video inputs, such as the motion of a...

A mind blowing international project performed a mass genome sequence to build the entire avian tree and reveal how birds...

Transferring knowledge from one individual to the other forms the basis of all human cultures, whether we're talking about learning...

Arguably the most efficient predator in the world today is the dragonfly, which boats a 95% success rate. Obviously, there's...

For a long time, scientists have believed there's a sort of net trade-off between the number of seeds and the...

Really bad experiences, like going through a particularly stressful or frighting situation, are a lot easier to remember than the things...

Brain-computer interfaces have helped prosthetics go a long, long way. ZME Science showed you a couple of such examples, like...

Shells and bullets have evolved significantly in the past couple hundred years since they were first used, but in principle...

The more data doctors have of their patients' health, the better the treatments they can prescribe. Ideally, you'd want patients...

Talk about taking things literally, but it really seems like laughing gas or nitrous oxide, as it's known by its...

The world isn't just fight or flight, there's also a third option: hide. The reef-dwelling fish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris), also known as...

Obesity is a huge problem in the developed world, with some places worse off than others (i.e. the US). There...

When under threat, the pufferfish quickly inflates into a spherical shape to help it ward off  and escape predators. Until now,...

New evidence beamed back by the Curiosity rover and analyzed by NASA JPL scientists suggests that the Gale Crater on Mars had...

Australia's Abbott government has been accused of intentionally taking measures that might lead to an international greenhouse gas emission target...

Nine years and three billion miles later, NASA's New Horizon probe awoke once it neared a strip close to Pluto. The probe...

More than 80 people were hospitalized after inhaling noxious fumes after a pipeline failure caused some 600,000 gallons of oil to...

The human body is a complex biological machine, where each part of the system works in tandem, from cells to...

A breakthrough in optical communications has been reported by Stanford engineers who used a complex algorithm to design a prism-like device...

A series of setbacks, including a strayed boat, gusts of wind and other technical issues, have ruined NASA's plans of...

People who chronically abuse marijuana may be able to quit by replenishing the supply of a molecule that normally activates...

A team of UK researchers led by none other but  Nobel Laureate Andre Geim - one of persons involved in...

The remains of King Richard III have been confirmed with pin-point accuracy by the latest round of sequencing; exclusive details...

The past couple of months have been really tense for the people who are often times labeled as coming from...

Have you ever wondered why you crave for a drink from time to time or why you can drink alcohol...

Oh, boy. This week's freaky science story comes from the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York where researchers...

Solar cell technology has improved dramatically over the past couple of year, yet it will be a long time before...

It might not come as a surprise to hear that the world's strongest material, graphene, was found to be a...

Genetic diversity is essential to our survival, but its exactly the huge variance in genetic information that makes all so...

An experiment fortuitously called DARE (DNA atmospheric re-entry experiment) has come to a most unexpected conclusion: DNA can indeed survive full...

Since ancient times, people living in hot climates learned if they paint their rooftops white, then their quarters would stay...

US researchers demonstrated an implantable device that can deliver a drug payload when triggered by a remote wireless signal. After the...

There's no more faithful companion than a dog, nor more messier. If you thought dog's make a mess when they...

For a long while astronauts coming back home from the ISS would complain how bad the coffee is in Earth's...

Apart from both being shiny, it's hard to see any connection between a Blu-ray disk and a solar panel. Northwestern...

UK researchers highlight once more a depressing topic: income inequality and lack of social mobility. After they tracked families that...