The initial step in the search for extraterrestrial life involves identifying the presence of liquid water. The moons of ...

Coffee beans in a jar and piles of rice or sand are examples of granular matter: materials composed of large numbers of ...

The enormous ichthyosaur could have reached lengths exceeding 80 feet (25 meters) and existed during the Late Triassic period ...

A surprise appearance of a new comet made the April 8th total solar eclipse all the more memorable. Any dedicated ‘umbraphile ...

MIT spinout Strand Therapeutics has developed a new class of mRNA molecules that can sense where they are in the body, for ...

A global team of researchers has constructed the most comprehensive and extensive bird family tree to date, detailing the ...

Neotame, a new artificial sweetener, harms gut health by damaging bacteria and epithelial cells, raising risks for diseases ...

Despite superior individual components, robots lag behind animals in overall performance, suggesting a future focus on better ...

NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System Mission is on its way! The spacecraft lifted off from the launch pad aboard ...

A collaborative study by the University of Oxford and MIT has uncovered a 3.7-billion-year-old magnetic field record from ...

A new semipermeable membrane doubles the osmotic energy output in estuaries, showing potential for sustainable power ...

The chemical images taken of the insides of bacteria were 30 times clearer than those from conventional mid-infrared ...