Plant life expanding in the Everest region

Plant life is expanding in the area around Mount Everest, and across the Himalayan region, new…

Blackstone raises three-quarters of targeted $4.6 billion life sciences fund

Private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc has secured $3.4 billion from investors for its first fund…

About 300 sea turtles die in Mexico from red tide

Mexican environmental authorities said Thursday that 292 sea turtles found dead on the country’s southern Pacific…

Researchers discover new building blocks of catalyst zeolite nanopores

Zeolites crystals, used among other things for refining petroleum to gasoline and biomass into biofuels, are…

Volcanoes on Venus Might Still be Smoking

Planetary science experiments on Earth suggest that the sun’s second planet might have ongoing volcanic activity. …

Lucy mission now has a new destination

Less than two years before launch, scientists associated with NASA’s Lucy mission, led by Southwest Research…

Baby and adult brains 'sync up' during play

A team of researchers has conducted the first study of how baby and adult brains interact…

Large 'herbivores of the sea' help keep coral reefs healthy

Selective fishing can disrupt the delicate balance maintained between corals and algae in embattled Caribbean coral…

Large 'herbivores of the sea' help keep coral reefs healthy

Selective fishing can disrupt the delicate balance maintained between corals and algae in embattled Caribbean coral…

Machine learning shapes microwaves for a computer's eyes

To improve object identification and speed in fields where both are critical — such as autonomous…