Gene discovery raises hopes of new treatment for breast cancer

A discovery that has "profound implications" for the diagnosis and treatment of aggressive breast cancer has been made by scientists who believe they have found a critical gene that causes a tumour to spread.

Researchers demonstrate ability to hack wireless signals from defibrillators

A common new technology for monitoring defibrillators is vulnerable to hacking and even to reprogramming that could stop the devices from delivering a lifesaving shock, according to research to be released Wednesday.

Reporters feel the heat over climate change

It is now just over a year since the controversial programme The Great Global Warming Swindle was broadcast on Channel 4, but there has been no cooling in the relationship between scientists and the media. Ofcom is deliberating on whether the programme breached its code, and its upcoming verdict could have far-reaching implications for the media's coverage of climate change and other scientific issues.

The visionary whose faith in science is focused on infinity

It’s not long after noon at Jodrell Bank; a warning siren shrieks, cutting through the white Cheshire sky. Outside the high windows of the control room, the Lovell Telescope begins to move – almost imperceptibly at first. It is 90 metres high, nearly 80 metres across and weighs roughly 3,200 tonnes, and yet as it begins to turn, the great bowl to tip, it is, extraordinarily, nearly completely silent. Somehow the silence makes its movement all the more awesome, nearly preternatural; though for the astronomers and engineers here nothing particularly extraordinary is happening. The telescope is being “parked” – its face pointing straight to the sky – so that an adjustment can be made to the equipment at the top of the focus tower; something not working quite as it should. A little team, wearing hard hats, sets off to go up into the dish.

Computer scientist talks up "Science 2.0"

A computer scientist says that the networked world is creating space for a new kind of science. But his arguments focus on research approaches that have already been explored using traditional methods.Read More...

'It Was Just Utter Shock': Student With Rare Cancer Fights for His Life

Duke U. student learns that Duke is only place which focuses on his rare cancer.