Scientists at Florida International University have identified a promising way to safely ship fish long distances without ...

August Weismann's germ plasm theory of the late 19th century posited that only germ cells, e.g., sperm and egg cells in ...

For the first time since the Apollo era, humans are preparing not just to visit the moon, but to live and work there for weeks, months—and eventually years.

Stepping away from its billions-of-years-old role as a genetic blueprint, DNA is now embarking on a new journey as an active ...

As part of the FED-tWIN Face-to-Face project, a multidisciplinary team bringing together the European Centre of Archaeometry (University of Liège, ULiège), the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium ...

Chocolate prices have jumped again this Easter, and it has a lot of people concerned about how much higher they can go—and ...

Ever wondered what it might feel like to spot giant spider crabs while you're snorkeling? Or check plants for the circular ...

Take a typical fish out of the water and it won't live long. It gets the oxygen it needs from the water it swims in. In a ...

A surprising observation in the lab has revealed a remarkable ability in Stentor coeruleus, a single-celled organism about ...

Polarization has always been a core property of light that is essential for a broad range of everyday applications, including ...

Researchers have created the first map of a network of subglacial lakes in the Canadian Arctic showing 33 bodies of water under glaciers. Using a decade of ArcticDEM satellite data of Earth's surface ...

Control of heat transport in nanostructures is of central importance for numerous modern technologies—from high-performance ...