Researchers in Denmark have found that babies born from thawed embryos were heavier at birth and were unlikely to suffer abnormalities as compared to those born from fresh embryos.

It's mind over machine: a US high-tech company has created a headset allowing computer game lovers to use their thoughts to move mountains and make objects disappear on screen.

Gels aimed at helping women protect themselves from the AIDS virus may end up helping men as much or more, researchers predicted.

A new type of vaccine that sneaks into the body and then self-destructs - all without needles - may offer a new way to protect against a range of diseases, US researchers reported.

An Alzheimer's Society team has found that high blood pressure increases the risk of vascular dementia by up to 600 per cent.

Just ask 11-year-old Jemella Chambers. She is one of 650 students who receive an Apple Inc laptop each day at a state-funded school in Boston.

The wordsmiths at the Springfield, Massachusetts-based dictionary publisher say they picked the new entries after monitoring their use over years.

For the first time, an influential doctors group in the US is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems.

A team in Europe has found that middle-aged men are almost a third less likely to conceive with their partner than males below 35. And the chance is significantly lower if a prospective father is over 40.