Polarization has always been a core property of light that is essential for a broad range of everyday applications, including ...

Stepping away from its billions-of-years-old role as a genetic blueprint, DNA is now embarking on a new journey as an active ...

Take a typical fish out of the water and it won't live long. It gets the oxygen it needs from the water it swims in. In a ...

Scientists at Florida International University have identified a promising way to safely ship fish long distances without ...

August Weismann's germ plasm theory of the late 19th century posited that only germ cells, e.g., sperm and egg cells in ...

Chocolate prices have jumped again this Easter, and it has a lot of people concerned about how much higher they can go—and ...

Some newly published findings from an Idaho State University professor and his colleagues point out how changes to currents ...

New research suggests that neutrinos in the early universe may have transformed into a previously unknown form of radiation.

Quantum mechanics is extremely successful at describing the behavior of matter at the atomic level. This success forces one ...

A United Nations-backed framework for protecting tropical forests could allow governments to collect income from carbon ...

A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a "taste by touch" sensory ...

Scientists have discovered that a highly unusual giant planet—sometimes called "forbidden"—could have an atmosphere with ...