Many of the common materials we encounter in our daily lives are crystalline, including ice, salt and sugar. The crystal ...

When it comes to removing Burmese pythons, one snake does not equal another. A new study by researchers at the University of ...

This summer, social media was filled with posts declaring that almost anything was "kinda chic". Repeating outfits was kinda ...

Northwestern University scientists have developed remarkably long, precisely patterned molecular threads that could open new ...

Say "I'm angry" out loud, and your brain reacts to it, reducing the use of emotional brain regions. But this trick does not ...

In the fight to find better treatments for bacterial infections, one rapidly evolving therapy uses a group of viruses called ...

Four astronauts rocketed into orbit Thursday on a space station mission that will stretch until spring, among them a Canadian ...

Khadra Essa, a Somali-born Dutch citizen operating in Syria under the name Umm Qaqa al-Somali, is a wanted woman.

Refugees are more likely than native citizens to begin entrepreneurial ventures in their adopted countries, either by choice ...

The researchers point to smoking cigarettes as an example. Over time, holding a cigarette may feel natural, and that feeling ...

A research consortium has generated the broadest look yet at the proteins that make up mitochondria, capturing the ...

In recent years, scientists have shown that chimpanzees favor certain peers by picking whom they prefer to groom and ...