Mountains preserve evidence of ancient oceans, moving continents and tectonic processes that have shaped Earth over millions ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—a vast family of chemicals used largely for their nonstick, water-repellent and ...

Every black hole hides a question at its center. Einstein's theory predicts that whatever falls in is crushed into a ...

Seventy-three years ago, Tenzing Norgay stood on top of Everest, known as Chomolungma in Tibetan, which roughly translates as "Goddess Mother of the World." ...

Drought is written into trees, appearing as narrow bands in their annual growth rings. But aspen may go farther, creating ...

A new study of 4,200 adolescents revealed that cyberbullying rarely occurs in isolation; it almost always functions as an ...

A Jupiter-sized world just 7.5 light-years away is cloudy, chemically complex and, it turns out, more like home than anyone ...

Scientists have created a new family of materials whose behavior can be tuned by changing their metallic "recipe"—opening new ...

A novel nanovesicle-based platform developed at Institute of Science Tokyo can measure hydrostatic pressure by converting ...

The European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) is a nocturnal migratory bird that travels between Europe and southern Africa ...

Cornell researchers have designed a new, faster form of two-photon fluorescence imaging for observing cell metabolism in real ...

NASA has taken the next step in the process of developing a new all-glass telescope for the LISA (Laser Interferometer Space ...