Next-generation energy devices like fuel cells and water electrolyzers depend on ion-exchange membranes that allow only water ...

That kitchen sponge sitting by your sink is not as innocent as it looks. It could be harboring Salmonella enteritidis, E.

University of Missouri researchers are turning a unique variety of corn into an effective natural alternative to artificial ...

Invasive rats on tropical islands are creating winners and losers among the tiny underwater animals near the bottom of the ...

A new study using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope finds that star formation in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has ...

Every ancient language that has ever been deciphered needed an anchor. Usually that's a bilingual text, like the Rosetta ...

Encouraging people to contribute to a common good can have a surprising drawback: a risk that rewards become concentrated ...

Ancient footprints preserved along the shores of Kenya's Lake Turkana are reshaping scientists' understanding of one of ...

Quasars, distant cores of galaxies powered by supermassive black holes, are among the most luminous objects in the universe.

"Dead stars" known as white dwarfs have already shown the potential to help us better understand how planetary systems, ...

Light typically interacts with a material the same way whether it enters through the front or the back—like polarized ...

Mercury was long considered the exception to the rule that magnetic planets have radiation belts similar to Earth's Van Allen ...