Researchers at Caltech have now unveiled a device that can steer one beam of light using another, in just 74 femtoseconds, ...

The research shows that the human brain is in fact two old nervous systems combined together: one primitive section which ...

This artist's concept depicts a tidal disruption event, which occurs when a star passes fatally close to a supermassive black ...

For decades, scientists have known that men often lose their Y chromosome in certain cells as they age. Losing the Y ...

When the scientists first spotted the Antarctic ozone hole in the mid-1980s, the discovery had a profound effect on both the scientific community and the general public. A huge hole had appeared in ...

Viruses are master builders. With no blueprint, no scaffolding, and no external machinery, they somehow snap together ...

Artist’s concept depicting Elias 2-24 b, the youngest exoplanet detected to date, still growing within the disk of gas and ...

It’s a breakthrough that feels almost science fiction: decoding what an animal sees by reading its brain signals and turning them back into moving images. Vision begins when light hits the retina, but ...

Venus and Earth are often called twins because they’re similar in size, mass, and composition. Yet one striking difference ...

The majority of massive stars are not solitary. Indeed, at least nine out of ten are born with companions and thus form ...

Unlike sunlight or lightning, which affect the whole planet, auroral activity is confined to specific areas. As a result, ...

Just as lotus leaves inspire water-repellent coatings and spider silk inspires ultra-strong fibers, eggshells may one day ...