Researchers reveal DNA repair mechanism

A new study adds to an emerging, radically new picture of how bacterial cells continually repair…

Exploring the physics of gummy candy

For gummy candies, texture might be even more important than taste. Biting into a hard, stale…

Report: Tasmania's Maugean skate could become the first shark or ray to go extinct in modern times

Tasmania’s Maugean skate has been around since the dinosaurs but it could become the first ray…

NASA super pressure balloon mission terminated due to anomaly

After a successful launch and more than a day in flight, NASA’s second super pressure balloon…

Coming years 'critical' to slash plastic pollution: UN

The world must halve single-use plastics and slash throwaway consumption to stem the tide of environmental…

Two new skeletons found at Pompeii excavations

Archaeologists at Pompeii said Tuesday that they had uncovered two new skeletons of male victims who…

A rare, endangered seal named Yulia basks on Tel Aviv beach

An unexpected visitor spotted sunbathing on a beach in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv is…

How superbug A. baumannii survives metal stress and resists antibiotics

The deadly hospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii can live for a year on a hospital wall without…

High-speed atomic force microscopy reveals processes relevant to Alzheimer's disease

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Nano Letters how high-speed atomic force microscopy leads to insights…

About 13,000 years ago, the water outflow from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean was twice that of today's

About 13,000 years ago, a climate crisis caused a global drop in temperatures in the northern…