Cells constantly recycle proteins and other cellular components. But how do they ensure that the right cargo ends up in the ...

If you've ever created a snowflake by folding, cutting and unfolding a piece of paper, you've practiced the art of kirigami.

As governments prepare to gather in Yerevan, Armenia, this week for the U.N. Biodiversity Conference (COP17), new research ...

As climate change is expected to increase the risks associated with extreme rainfall and flooding, managing floods requires ...

Scientists have unveiled a new theory on the birth of the cosmos, suggesting the early universe was shaped by an ancient ...

A University of Mississippi study is adding nuance to a debate over how often police interrogation tactics can produce false confessions leading to wrongful convictions. In a recent simulation study ...

Scientists at NPL, with the University of Surrey, University of Oxford, the Francis Crick Institute and IONTOF GmbH, have ...

By indirectly probing the depths of Uranus and Neptune's atmospheres, an international team of scientists has revealed a significant contrast in their chemical composition. Neptune appears to be more ...

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, have developed a new strategy for programming synthetic molecules to ...

Transforming Mars into a more Earth-like world could irreversibly destroy scientific evidence about the planet's history and ...

Researchers have discovered honey beehives act as "living immune systems" that help protect the bee colony, its offspring and ...

Birds play an outsized, underappreciated role in shaping Earth's chemistry, distributing nutrients across oceans, forests and coral reefs and sustaining life far beyond the nest. Researchers from ...