For almost 50 years scientists have been trying to develop theoretical models describing substances that can be heated without changing...

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University have developed a new method for quickly converting carbon...

The international team from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity has figured out how to repurpose a molecule called PBT2..

A new test has been developed to assess the likelihood of an early-stage melanoma either spreading or recurring.

A study claimed to be the first of its kind has shed new light on the dangers posed by space flight, and the impacts on red blood counts...

The evolution of our Earth is the story of its cooling: 4.5 billion years ago, extreme temperatures prevailed on the surface of the young...

The 4,500-year-old iconography and texts from Mesopotamia show that the elite used equids for travel and warfare.

A team of biologists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) in Japan, and Western Philippines...

Plastic waste in the environment and in the world's oceans is a well-known problem, and yet the pollution caused by car tires does not...

The US and Japan have advised people on their Pacific coastlines to get away from the shore as a precaution against tsunami waves caused...

Our distant ancestors had begun hunting by two million years ago — rather than scavenging on the leftovers of carnivores like big cats — a..

Counter to the general assumption that memories simply decay with time, “forgetting” might not be a bad thing.

Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize winner and one of the most important scientists in history, defined the physical limits of our universe when...

The human immune system, that marvel of complexity, subtlety, and sophistication, includes a billion-year-old family of proteins used by...

Roughly 12% of people dream entirely in black and white, making their nightly visions much like watching an old movie.

Personalized smart guns, which can be fired only by verified users, may finally become available to US consumers after two decades of...

University of Maryland School of Medicine faculty scientists and clinicians have performed the historic first successful transplant of...

Scientists from Osaka City University are reporting successful preclinical tests of a novel nasal spray designed to prevent the...

Scientists have developed a biodegradable food packaging material that kills harmful microbes and could extend the shelf-life of fresh...

As useful as steel is, its main weakness may be its vulnerability to corrosion. Researchers in Korea have developed a new alloy coating...

Engineers at Fraunhofer Institute have developed a modular facade powered by solar panels that can heat or cool rooms.

Pedro Agamenon is worried about the land of his indigenous Arara people in the Amazon. Deforestation and fires are endangering large...

The world's largest agricultural machinery manufacturer Deere & Company is launching a fully autonomous tractor later this year.

Physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have coaxed a bunch of ultra-chilled atoms to exhibit a never before seen...