This image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was taken on 18 January 2026 with the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large ...

Scientists reveal how one of the world's deadliest superbugs evolved.

The discovery also sheds light on why some people are disturbed by low-frequency noise while others barely notice it. If the ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans opt for LASIK, a laser-assisted surgery that reshapes the cornea to correct vision. It’s fast, effective, and widely considered safe. But it’s still ...

Exoplanet WD 1856 b, shown in this artist’s concept, is a gas giant that orbits its star at a distance 50 times closer than Earth orbits the Sun. Observations by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ...

The ocean floor is constantly growing, forged by magmas and stretched by tectonic forces at mid-ocean ridges (MORs). Yet despite their importance, these submarine boundaries remain among the hardest ...

Origami gives engineers a toolkit of foldable 3D shapes that can change form and function. These structures can shift between folded states and adjust their strength and behavior; this is useful for ...

GreenDrill team members at Prudhoe Dome, a key ice cap part of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The project’s first study shows this ice cap was gone 7,000 years ago. Photo: Jason Briner/University at Buffalo ...

From frying pans to raincoats, oil-repelling surfaces are everywhere. But the chemicals that make them slick, known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), have come under fire for their ...

Much of the semiconductor industry has operated for decades via Moore’s Law, the foreshadowing that transistor counts effectively double about every two years. Yet, as engineers moved toward the ...

Think saliva is spit? Think again. This slippery superhero helps you chew, swallow, fight germs, and keep your teeth and gums happy. It’s packed with special ingredients, like mucins, that act like ...

For centuries, Saturn’s shimmering rings have captivated astronomers and stargazers alike. Yet their ages and the histories of Saturn’s moons have remained among planetary science’s most tantalizing ...