Science/tech

Earthquakes, floods and tsunamis can occur anytime, anywhere in the world. This can cause damage to infrastructure, slowing down the response of emergency services…

“It isn't the first test of circulatory arrest from constriction," Prof Moon told BBC News, "but it is the first direct test that measured blood pressures and [heart activity]…”

China's Team Water was victorious in the Middle league for non-humanoid robots, beating Tech United, from the University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands…

“And this is independent of where you apply the water to the skin. You can apply the water to the back, to their front, to the tail… and it's always transported fastest towards the mouth…”

The survey of 2630 Australians found movies were the most illegally downloaded material, with 48% of those surveyed illegally downloading at least one movie during the three-month period…

The leaked software worked without crashing on a Nexus 5 handset running Android 5.1, said Peter Bright of tech news site Ars Technica who tested the app over the weekend…

“So you'd want to be visually camouflaged [as well]. The more of those sensory cues that you disrupt, the less likely they are to find you and bite you…”

The mosaic depicts 16 wild and domesticated animals – including a wolf, sheep, leopard, goat, bull, lion, bear and snake - peacefully living together, sleeping side by side, sharing food and grazing…

“You do not need tidal heating to power geological activity on icy worlds. That's a really important discovery we just made this morning…”

Engineers on the project have not been able to make the quick repairs that might allow Solar Impulse to have a crack at completing the round-the-world journey this year…

“We have completed the initial reconnaissance of the Solar System, an endeavour started under President Kennedy more than 50 years ago and continuing to today …

"It's very exciting because we have never ever visited Pluto, either by robots or man missions because it is so far away ...

Google has quietly removed the Chinese name for a South China Sea shoal bitterly disputed by Beijing and Manila from its maps service, following an outcry from Filipinos, AFP reported The Google Maps website o

It will include global launch events, a television and digital advertising and marketing campaign and a staggered rollout intended to give customers “the best upgrade experience” ...

A lot of research in early cancer diagnosis has focused on biomarkers. These are molecules, cells or any other measurable biological characteristic that can be used as an objective way ...