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A new study led by MIT researchers could drive the development of more energy-efficient digital displays — such as ...

A new Stanford-led study offers the clearest picture yet of how some ocean life survived our planet’s biggest mass extinction ...

A large USC-led study suggests the main genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease may be linked differently to brain ...

Last August, hundreds of scientists hailing from academia and the pharmaceutical industry gathered in Copenhagen for the 12th ...

There's a habit of labeling lower-tier journals "predatory." The label is supposed to mark the bottom of the barrel – small ...

Within defense contractor Lockheed Martin, there exists an elite engineering division that has devised some of the most groundbreaking aircraft to ever take flight: Skunk Works. Formed in 1943 to ...

The brain perceives low-frequency sounds in a completely different way than other sounds. Maybe that’s why some people react ...

Loons, gulls, puffins, and petrels are some of the 100 species of birds that can both fly and swim. These diving birds can ...

The clock reads 2:13am. You are exhausted. Your eyes ache, your body feels heavy and the alarm is already beginning to loom ...

Hotter, drier weather threatens to double water bills by mid-century in some cities, according to a Stanford-led study. The ...

Dinosaurs likely munched on a lot more fruit than previously imagined. Recent research appearing in the journal Science ...