How and when spines changed in mammalian evolution

A new study from Harvard University and the Field Museum of Natural History sheds light on…

Showing how the tiniest particles in our Universe saved us from complete annihilation

Recently discovered ripples of spacetime called gravitational waves could contain evidence to prove the theory that…

Seeing the invisible—A novel gas imaging system

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University develop a novel gas imaging system to simultaneously visualize…

Vast amounts of valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in world's fast-rising wastewater streams

Vast amounts of valuable energy, agricultural nutrients, and water could potentially be recovered from the world’s…

New electrode design may lead to more powerful batteries

New research by engineers at MIT and elsewhere could lead to batteries that can pack more…

Exposing a virus's hiding place reveals new potential vaccine

By figuring out how a common virus hides from the immune system, scientists have identified a…

The secret life of microbes: A snapshot of molecules in a deep-sea symbiosis

Mussels in the deep sea can only survive there thanks to symbiotic bacteria living inside of…

How the ocean is gnawing away at glaciers

The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster today than it did only a few years ago.…

Extinction is difficult to prove for Earth's ultra-rare species

A recent study by the University of Kent has called for an increase in scientific surveys…

One single primitive turtle resisted mass extinction in the northern hemisphere

Sixty-six million years ago, in the emerged lands of Laurasia—now the northern hemisphere—a primitive land tortoise,…