3D-model of DNA. Credit: Michael Ströck/Wikimedia/ GNU Free Documentation License Many genetic diseases are caused by diverse mutations spread across…
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New research led by scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder suggests that eyes may really be the window to…
A shot of the spiral-shaped light in the sky above Hawaii captured Jan. 18 by the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera on…
A mysterious hand imprint carved into the wall of a previously buried moat has grabbed the attention of archaeologists in…
A visualization from space of the “Godzilla” dust storm on June 18, 2020, when desert dust traveled from the Sahara…
Scientists may finally have an explanation for why poor sleep is tied to chronic pain. A new mouse study suggests…
Climate change is decimating the worlds’ reefs. Transplanting healthy coral onto dying reefs may save them. Some transplanted corals seem…
Scientists studying the surface of Mars recently found a piece of the rocky planet smiling back at them.In an image…
An mRNA vaccine has been found to induce antibody responses against all 20 known subtypes of influenza A and B…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An international team of scientists, including NYU Abu Dhabi researcher Nikolaos Georgakarakos and others from the…
Scientist Leona Zacharias was a rare woman. She graduated from Barnard College in 1927 with a bachelor’s degree in biology, followed…
To stay cool in searing temperatures, the prickly echidna, an egg-laying mammal that lives Down Under, employs a somewhat unusual…
Spiral galaxies represent one of the most spectacular features in our universe. Among them, spiral galaxies in the distant universe…
[]People who experience generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) exhibit excessive concern about multiple events or activities most days of the week.…
Science has long known that people living in what is now Siberia once walked (and later paddled boats) across the…
The fossilization process is an unrelenting slog of decay, compression and erosion that can take millions of years and favors…
A good night’s sleep is vital for optimal health. Not getting enough shut-eye can affect a person’s mood and concentration…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For millions of years, nature has basically been getting by with just a few elements from…
Researchers have reproduced the entire biochemical pathway for how coca plants make cocaine in another plant, which could help people…
Researchers from the University of Birmingham, UK, who identified a novel mechanism for platelet activation in pathogenic blood clotting (thrombosis)…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced the achievement of fusion ignition…
For 900 years, a corroded medieval pendant discovered in a trash heap in Germany has been hiding a religious treasure:…
A fragment of the Tissint meteorite, which crashed to Earth in 2011. (Image credit: Ludovic Ferriere/Natural History Museum Vienna) (opens…
New UC Davis research shows how an internal circadian clock controls the opening of individual florets in concentric rings in…
Fluorescent Flies: Fruit flies expressing red eye and green body fluorescent markers demonstrated the viability of a new system for…
Having drones on strings attached to a person could provide a more realistic simulation of interacting with physical objects in…
Observations of a huge test satellite that launched in September have fuelled concerns about the impact a planned fleet could…
Strong neighborhood connections reduced the negative impact of living alone on the death rates of older Chinese Americans, according to…
Credit: National Institute of Standards and Technology This standard reference material from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)…
For the first time ever, scientists have used lasers to redirect lightning toward a safe target.The experiment, which took place…