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December 31, 2012

Modifying the digestive process of bacteria could produce a useful fuel from common fats.

December 27, 2012

Terahertz waves, which could greatly improve scanning, imaging, and communication, just got a lot …

December 26, 2012

Removing sperm and egg-producing cells from roundworms makes them live longer, and a new study …

December 25, 2012

Ultrasound can monitor the lubrication in a car engine, which may improve oil efficiency.

December 24, 2012

Scientists hope to design viruses that fight cancer.

December 21, 2012

The world is not ending today. Find out why in this Science Update encore presentation.

December 20, 2012

Prosthetic limbs are moving ever closer to life-like, thought-controlled replicas.

December 12, 2012

Scotch tape may have a new job as a key component of smart gripping materials.

December 10, 2012

A meltdown of Arctic ice may have triggered the last deep freeze in the Northern Hemisphere.

December 6, 2012

The blind mole rat, like its distant cousin the naked mole rat, never gets cancer.