All U.S. public schools are required to administer standardized tests in reading and math annually to students in grades ...

Cells constantly recycle proteins and other cellular components. But how do they ensure that the right cargo ends up in the ...

If you've ever created a snowflake by folding, cutting and unfolding a piece of paper, you've practiced the art of kirigami.

Scientists have unveiled a new theory on the birth of the cosmos, suggesting the early universe was shaped by an ancient ...

As governments prepare to gather in Yerevan, Armenia, this week for the U.N. Biodiversity Conference (COP17), new research ...

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, have developed a new strategy for programming synthetic molecules to ...

Researchers have discovered honey beehives act as "living immune systems" that help protect the bee colony, its offspring and ...

A new LMU study shows that three-quarters of the estimated global potential for new forests to capture CO₂ is threatened by ...

As climate change is expected to increase the risks associated with extreme rainfall and flooding, managing floods requires ...

Recycling may happen far from the place where waste is produced. Paper, metals, plastics and glass discarded in one country ...

Transforming Mars into a more Earth-like world could irreversibly destroy scientific evidence about the planet's history and ...

Scientists at NPL, with the University of Surrey, University of Oxford, the Francis Crick Institute and IONTOF GmbH, have ...