How do stem cells know what to become? Nearly three decades after scientists isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, ...

A recent study from Oregon State University estimated that more than 3,500 animal species are at risk of extinction because ...

How do stem cells know what to become? Nearly three decades after scientists isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, researchers are still working hard to understand precisely how a single, ...

Electricity markets are also beginning to feel the squeeze from an explosive growth in new users. Take the country’s largest ...

Beneath the ocean’s surface, bacteria have evolved specialized enzymes that can digest PET plastic, the material used in bottles and clothes. Researchers at KAUST discovered that a unique molecular ...

Researchers at the University of Surrey have proposed a computational approach that can provide aerodynamic drag data more efficiently during the early stages of aircraft design. It is hoped that ...

At 4 degrees Kelvin, most electro-optic materials falter. Nanoelectronics R&D center imec has now successfully engineered thin-film strontium titanate (SrTiO₃) that delivers record electro-optic ...

“To our knowledge, nobody else has yet articulated this deep UV channel for salt-water separation,” Vuong said. “UV light in ...

Tested in animal models of acute myeloid leukemia, the new nanomedicine was dramatically more effective while also less toxic ...

Scientists find that natural iron minerals can speed up the breakdown of toxic plastic additives in the environment.

The Las Vegas Raiders enter Week 9 looking to bounce back from a troubling first few weeks of the season. To do so, they will ...

Researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute found that rotating waves of brain activity help restore focus after distractions. In ...