Oldest recorded solar eclipse helps date the Egyptian pharaohs

Researchers have pinpointed the date of what could be the oldest solar eclipse yet recorded. The…

How beetles bounce back from forest fires

Research has illuminated the piecemeal patterns of recolonization among a hardy species of beetle regularly affected…

New studies on disordered cathodes may provide much-needed jolt to lithium batteries

Scientists have come up with a set of rules for making new disordered materials, a process…

Three new lung cancer genetic biomarkers identified

SNPs (single-nucleotide polymorphisms) are variations in our DNA that determine our susceptibility to developing some diseases.…

Recurrent brain cancer: New hope with phase 1 clinical trial results

New data from a Phase I clinical trial shows more than a quarter of patients with…

A light in the dark: NASA sounding rocket probes the dark regions of space

Spread out over unfathomable distances, this cold, diffuse gas between galaxies -- called the intergalactic medium,…

Blocking enzyme in normal cells may impede pancreatic cancer, team shows

New research findings offer a promising target for future therapies that could potentially root out even…

New molecule shows promise in HIV vaccine design

Researchers have designed a novel protein-sugar vaccine candidate that, in an animal model, stimulated an immune…

Guiding the random laser

At its most basic level, a random laser is precisely what its name implies; random. It's…

Zika virus infects developing brain by first infecting cells meant to defend against it

Researchers report that the Zika virus is transmitted from mother to fetus by infected cells that,…