Old canned salmon turned out to be a time capsule of ocean health. Researchers found that rising levels of tiny parasitic ...

Scientists have transformed a groundbreaking 2D nanomaterial called MXene into an even more powerful 1D form—tiny scroll-like ...

Scientists have finally cracked a long-standing mystery about squid and cuttlefish evolution by analyzing newly sequenced ...

Hidden within fish DNA are powerful genetic twists that may explain one of nature’s biggest mysteries: how new species form so quickly. In Lake Malawi, hundreds of cichlid fish species evolved at ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising secret about our DNA: it’s not a static blueprint, but a constantly shifting, folding ...

DNA robots are emerging as tiny programmable machines that could one day deliver drugs, hunt viruses, and build ...

Perovskite crystals can dramatically and reversibly change shape when hit with light, a behavior not seen in conventional ...

Salt substitutes offer a simple, low-cost way to reduce sodium intake and improve blood pressure, yet very few Americans actually use them—even among those who need them most. A large national ...

A surprising breakthrough suggests that a drug best known as Viagra could help treat a devastating childhood disease.

Scientists have taken lasers beyond light and into the realm of sound, creating a breakthrough “phonon laser” that ...

A breakthrough urine test could dramatically speed up how doctors treat urinary tract infections, identifying the right ...

Scientists at the University of Waterloo have uncovered a bold new way to explain how the universe began—one that could ...