In the next few decades, many physicists are hopeful that nuclear fusion could become a realistic source of practically ...

Hotter, drier conditions in the western United States have led to a rise in wildfire activity that has damaged or destroyed ...

A new study challenges a long-standing assumption about how cyanobacteria survive environmental stress. The study, led by researchers at the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR)—the ...

A recent study published in Nature Communications demonstrates precise control over electron spatial arrangement in two ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is considered one of the most urgent global public health threats, with experts predicting that AMR could cause 39 million deaths between 2025 and 2050. AMR is not a ...

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft, astronomers have performed deep X-ray observations of a galactic globular cluster known as NGC 6540. The new observational campaign, described June 1 on the ...

Globally, humanity now produces a staggering 450 million tonnes of plastic every year. From food and drink containers to ...

It's an insect everybody loves to hate. Pesky mosquitoes will be out in swarms as the weather warms up across the U.S.—and their bites aren't just itchy. They can transmit pathogens that can cause ...

Headlines were made this week when scuba divers removing abandoned ghost nets from a shipwreck between Tunisia and Sicily ...

Astronomers believe collapsing stars could spawn mini universes. Chimpanzees do not like unfairness. And a single dose of ...

In an advance that could one day lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, Meredith Jackrel, an associate ...

The phenomenon El Niño has arrived, the U.S. weather agency said Thursday, and scientists expect the pattern, synonymous with ...