Damaged optic nerves – which run from the eye to the brain – have been regrown for the first time by scientists working with mice.

Household ants can cause allergies and asthma.
Researchers say if you see ants in the house, then they should be taken into consideration if anyone has breathing problems.

Researchers working with a type of super-cooled helium have made the frigid stuff whistle, an attribute they say might make it the crux of better global positioning systems (GPS) in submarines and airplanes among other things.

First came pacemakers. Now exotic implants are bringing new hope to victims of epilepsy, paralysis, depression, and other diseases

It’s taken a little over three months to create the world’s most expensive teabag. Great photo.

James Dyson has invented a vacuum cleaner that can order its own spare parts.

Adam Penenberg:
The Wall Street Journal is not only the best-written, most elegantly edited newspaper to cover business, it may be the best paper period. But some clumsy decisions about web content are making it insignificant in the online world.

A gel that acts like a liquid condom to block sexually transmitted diseases has proven to inhibit HIV and herpes infection when used by women.