A global symbol of parties and celebrations but an environmental headache, the humble balloon is undergoing a green ...

Electron microscopes are used wherever particularly small details need to be imaged. But from a strictly physical point of ...

Ammonia is one of the most important chemicals produced in the world, ranking second only to sulfuric acid in the total ...

Biomolecular nanomachines, such as enzymes and molecular motors, are the workhorses behind the synthesis and organization of ...

Europe saw at least 30,000 excess deaths across a blistering summer of back-to-back heat waves and drought that scientists ...

The surface of Mars is home to some of the most breathtaking and awe-inspiring landscapes in the solar system. This is ...

As autumn gives way to winter across the Arctic, the ground doesn't immediately freeze solid. Instead, soils often linger ...

With Gulf turmoil slashing Suez Canal traffic, shipping firms are tempted to try the Arctic for quicker trips between Europe ...

More than 6,500 years ago, someone carefully drilled a hole in a human tooth, strung it on a cord and likely used it as a ...

Scrambling through dense salal in the dark, weaving between the majestic western red cedars of northern Haida Gwaii, I could ...

Now it's the moon's turn to pull a disappearing act. After being shut out of this month's total solar eclipse, the Americas will have the best seats in the celestial house when Earth's shadow briefly ...

A human, an octopus, and a coral could hardly look more different—yet deep inside their cells, their chromosomes still carry ...