Tiny viruses that infect bacteria could one day help us tackle infections that antibiotics can no longer treat. But first, ...

When a dairy cow miscarries, a farmer loses far more than an unborn calf. Feed has been grown, land and water have been used, ...

Many fascinating phases in quantum materials emerge when electrons, atoms and other microscopic components begin to act ...

NASA is planning to send three small rovers to the moon with a single instruction: Work out among yourselves how to explore a ...

Canine sarcoptic mange (scabies) is a skin condition in which microscopic mites (Sarcoptes scabiei) infest dogs' skin. The ...

A new paper published in Physical Review Letters reveals that a leading dark matter candidate—the hypothetical "dark ...

Neptune's moon and ring system stand out among the giant planets because of the strange imbalance between its one very large ...

Fusion reactors, devices that generate energy by fusing light atomic nuclei at extremely high temperatures, could contribute ...

For the first time, researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have demonstrated that the low-purity iron ore ...

Over the past two decades, photonic-crystal surface-emitting lasers (PCSELs) have shown promise as a type of advanced semiconductor laser useful in defense- and aerospace-related applications.

Four more belugas have arrived at a Chicago aquarium as part of a plan to move Canada's last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park to aquariums in the United States and Spain.

In 2016, archaeologists working at the Phaleron Burial Ground, part of the ancient Attica region, uncovered an astonishing ...