Scientists have created a programmable optical chip that can slow light on demand, giving engineers far greater control over ...

Watching television very often in midlife may be linked to troubling brain changes decades later. In a study of about 1,700 ...

Ancient sediment reveals that some of K’gari’s deepest lakes vanished around 7,500 years ago, despite unusually heavy ...

A newly discovered turning point in the Sun’s 11-year cycle could allow scientists to predict future solar activity years ...

For most adults, a daily caffeine habit may be safer for the heart than many people assume. A new American Heart Association ...

Astronomers have found the first confirmed atmosphere around a rocky planet in another star’s habitable zone. The planet, LHS 1140 b, revealed its atmosphere through helium slowly leaking into space.

Researchers have uncovered a surprising culprit behind sleep loss in Alzheimer’s disease: the brain’s own immune cells. In ...

A naturally occurring compound found in foods such as wheat germ, mushrooms, and aged cheese may help older adults build ...

Oxygen is disappearing from oceans, lakes, rivers, and coastal waters at an alarming rate, threatening aquatic life and ...

A new experimental treatment may have found a way to outsmart glioblastoma’s toughest defense: the blood-brain barrier.

Several popular sugar substitutes may not be as harmless as they seem. Adults who consumed the most artificial sweeteners ...

Scientists have redesigned zinc oxide particles to create a mineral sunscreen that protects against ultraviolet radiation ...