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Inside a chip no wider than a fingernail, a quantum computer is storing information as tiny vibrations, a breakthrough that ...

New research suggests that the ancient animal Spriggina floundersi tended to bend to the right, making it the oldest known ...

A new study uses boreholes drilled deep beneath Antarctic ice to investigate why the continent’s glaciers are accelerating.

Ancient bones and DNA reveal that dog diversity and their close relationship with migrating humans developed thousands of ...

Two giant planets lighter than cotton candy are giving astronomers a rare new window into the origins of some of the galaxy's ...

Plastic pollution may be reaching the heart through the bloodstream, and people suffering the most severe form of heart ...

Scientists have uncovered a biological pathway that may help explain why herpesvirus infections are associated with faster cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: Shutterstock A virus that ...

Moving with the speed and agility of an insect, the tiny robot could someday assist in search-and-rescue missions.

Multiple environmental pressures are harming bees whose pollination supports crops and flowering plants worldwide.

Four newly identified chameleons reveal the hidden diversity of Mozambique’s isolated mountain forests. High above the ...

A cobalt aluminum nanolaminate has shattered the usual tradeoff between strength and flexibility, emerging up to 10 times ...