Photons traveling through a cloud of atoms can emerge so early that they appear to have spent a negative amount of time ...

A tiny 518-million-year-old sea creature has revealed the earliest known evidence of the structures that eventually became ...

Scientists have successfully generated electricity with a hydrogen turbine that produces its own pressure through detonation waves instead of relying on a mechanical compressor. The breakthrough could ...

Chemotherapy-surviving ovarian cancer cells may release fructose to help neighboring tumor cells loosen, escape, and spread.

A new 3D printing technique can produce exceptionally hard tungsten carbide cobalt while using less of its expensive raw ...

A specially engineered chewing gum reduced HPV by up to 93% and nearly eliminated two bacteria linked to head and neck cancer. The treatment preserved beneficial mouth bacteria, raising hopes for a ...

DNA traces in the Shroud of Turin reveal a remarkable mixture of human lineages, microbes, plants, animals, and coral accumulated through centuries of handling and travel. The findings do not prove ...

Weight loss is not simply a test of willpower. The human brain evolved to protect body fat during times of scarcity, and it ...

Taiwan’s steep, remote mountains have sheltered extraordinary forests containing hundreds of giant Taiwania firs. After years ...

Thawing Arctic permafrost is releasing ancient carbon into the ocean, raising fears that microbes could turn it into ...

Scientists have figured out how two famously poisonous plants create chemicals with surprising medical potential. After ...

Scientists have identified a molecular switch that may help explain why aging makes the brain more vulnerable to diseases ...