Smoke from African agricultural fires brightens clouds over the southeast Atlantic—but new research from scientists at the ...

Photonic integrated circuits route information with optical signals instead of relying only on electrical currents. Silicon ...

The human brain is terrible at healing itself from injury or disease. But some animals can harness their own cellular ...

Indonesia is doing "everything" to fight huge forest fires, but dozens of planes and thousands of personnel are still ...

Ultrashort laser pulses can be used to generate X-rays. Normally, however, only certain specific frequencies are produced. A ...

When the James Webb Space Telescope pointed its powerful instruments toward the early universe, scientists were surprised by ...

Crystals are usually thought of as rigid and brittle. Yet some molecular crystals can bend, jump, twist or even change shape ...

Flies, mice and humans move in different ways because of their very different physiques, but their movements follow a common pattern— joints farther from the center of the body move faster than those ...

School holidays mean more free time and less structure. School drop-offs and pickups disappear, bedtimes may shift, and families may need to organize child care, travel or visits with extended family ...

New Australian research has found that risky parental gambling is associated with poorer physical health, mental health and ...

Stand on the damp sand on a California beach and chances are you're standing on top of an active earthworks site. Sand ...

Scientists have long speculated why Venus, with a size, mass and structure similar to Earth's, doesn't have a moon. New UC ...