A new review led by professor Emese Bordy at the University of Cape Town (UCT) Department of Geological Sciences brings together more than two decades of research on the Karoo Supergroup, revealing ...

Tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the United States. Lyme disease is the most commonly reported, with nearly half a million people diagnosed each year. Caused by the bacterium Borrelia ...

A 4,000-year-old painted stone plaque discovered on a remote Indonesian island is the first known example of portable art belonging to the Austronesian Painting Tradition (APT), providing a rare ...

The abandoned houses of Old Podampetta on India's east coast tell the story of a small fishing village that no longer exists. Families once woke up to the sound of the sea and made their living by ...

The complete genome of the tuberculosis bacterium was sequenced and published in 1998. Since then, scientists have deciphered about two-thirds of TB's genes. Or have they?

Researchers at Monash University have predicted a new type of quantum matter that challenges decades of thinking about how ...

Billions of federal dollars are invested in public transportation each year, but those investments may yield greater ...

Our sun is capable of storms far bigger than we've ever recorded. Studying the world's oldest trees suggests we could soon be ...

A new study underscores the importance of studying microbes in their natural setting rather than relying solely on laboratory research. Researchers found that a set of corn root bacteria behaved ...

The artificial intelligence boom is driving unprecedented demand for data centers, raising concerns about their growing ...

An electron is supposed to be indivisible. It carries one fundamental unit of electric charge, and every electron is exactly ...

Illegal bomb fishing is causing extensive damage to some of the world's most biodiverse coral reefs, according to a new pilot ...