Compounds of silver are as effective against breast and colon cancer cells as a leading chemotherapy drug and may result in fewer side effects

The model of atoms as mini solar systems was supplanted by quantum fuzziness – now atoms have been forced to act more like the classical systems

Planets orbiting one star in a stellar pair could get bounced from star to star repeatedly – until they fall into the great beyond

The hacktivist group managed to a listen in on a call between the FBI and law enforcement officials from several different European countries

All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: high time to welcome the friendly drones and malaria may kill far more people than we thought

Stuff spewed out of Io's hyperactive volcanoes make the rings of auroral light on Jupiter's poles grow and shrink

See how circles made up of tilted squares can warp your perception

See how circles made up of tilted squares can warp your perception

Do you have the willpower to resist our survey? Take it and the results will be analysed by Roy F. Baumeister to check your self-control

Do you have the willpower to resist our survey? Take it and the results will be analysed by Roy F. Baumeister to check your self-control

A projection-based touchpad demonstrates the wide range of uses for a foldable touchscreen that can act like an iPad, or a book

Mind-reading technology notwithstanding, there is no prospect of anyone looking inside your skull without your consent

Attempts to fly drones in civilian airspace are a classic example of an irresistible force (innovation) meeting an immovable object (the law)

An exhibition at London's Hunterian Museum demonstrates how good design can combat human errors in the hospital.

A new procedure holds promise for swift recovery of people paralysed by nerve injuries

Law changes mean uncrewed aerial vehicles aren't just for the military any more – civilian uses are taking off, too

Models suggest that malaria kills eight times as many adults in Africa as the World Health Organization estimates

A cloud of interstellar matter envelops the solar system – new observations reveal just how alien it is

Watch the first high-resolution images of mouse brain cells sending and receiving signals

The oniony layers of an eyeball and the crevices of a new material are among the winners of the 2011 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge