An observatory at the South Pole has made the first solid detection of a type of elementary particle called the tau neutrino ...

The coral reef is currently experiencing its worst mass bleaching event on record — warming waters brought on by climate ...

A declaration signed by dozens of scientists says there is “a realistic possibility” for elements of consciousness in reptiles, insects and molluscs.

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Feelings of hunger, nausea and fullness seem to be governed by separate brain circuits, finds a study in mice.

Goldene is a gilded cousin of graphene, the iconic atom-thin material made of carbon that was discovered in 2004. Since then, ...

Jupiter’s moon Io has been continuously shaped by volcanic activity for billions of years — possibly even for the Solar ...

A first-of-its-kind study in northwestern Saudi Arabia suggests that humans and their livestock have been using a cave for ...

Wastewater testing grew tremendously during the pandemic. But is it ready to tackle the opioid crisis, air pollution and ...

“We’re very thrilled with this significant new investment, the largest investment in graduate students and postdocs in over ...

Mahmood has previously used AI to predict the origin of cancers from tissue samples 2, and other teams have used genomic data ...

Virologist Hulda Jónsdóttir studies some of the world’s most pathogenic viruses at the Spiez Laboratory in Switzerland.