A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly ...

Leaving water inside a sodium battery material boosts performance and enables desalination. Sodium-ion batteries could play a major role in the future of sustainable energy storage and may even help ...

A new low-frequency radio image offers the most comprehensive view yet of the Milky Way’s southern sky. Astronomers at the International Center of (ICRAR) have produced the most detailed low-frequency ...

A hidden nutrient in the soil could double the speed at which tropical forests, and their climate benefits, come roaring back ...

A common eye ointment may quietly damage glaucoma implants—sometimes to the point of rupture—by making them swell from the ...

A newly identified enzyme appears to control tau production, brain inflammation, and aging. Researchers at the University of ...

Iron Age cargoes from Dor reveal how ancient Mediterranean trade evolved alongside shifting empires and political power. New ...

New research suggests that amino acids, the fundamental components of life, may have arrived on Earth carried by interstellar ...

A uniquely preserved ichthyosaur from the Pliensbachian period helps resolve when a major evolutionary shift occurred among ...

Viruses that infect bacteria can still do their job in microgravity, but space changes the rules of the fight.

Inspired by the remarkable camouflage abilities of octopus and cuttlefish, Stanford researchers have developed a soft material that can rapidly shift its surface texture and color at extremely fine ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of years before agriculture emerged. According to the study’s co-authors, the ...