Some of Earth's oldest living organisms may be right beneath our feet: not ancient trees or coral reefs but fungi. Yet ...

An international research team including Alexander Korsunsky from the Skoltech Engineering Center has, for the first time, ...

Future fusion power plants aim to recreate the heart of a star here on Earth to power our future energy needs. While the core ...

Like a delivery driver navigating crowded city streets, a gene-therapy-toting lipid nanoparticle faces a gauntlet of potential detours on its journey toward a cell's nucleus. First, there's entering ...

A review of research published in the Interdisciplinary Environmental Review on single-use plastics argues that tackling the waste problem will require a shift from recycling alone to a broader ...

The tiny bones in your fingers withstand countless taps and swipes thanks to a precise blend of materials. Flexible collagen fibers form the framework, reinforced by hard calcium phosphate ...

Lying on the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust, the elephant slowly exhausted himself in futile attempts to stand, the latest potential victim of a still-mysterious ailment in southern Kenya.

Heat waves are not all created equal. While some bring dry heat that rapidly dries out crops, others carry a lot of moisture that can prevent sweat from evaporating off the skin. In new research ...

Researchers have helped unravel the mystery of why certain pairs of stars pulse with regular, long-period bursts of radio waves. The particular class of objects observed comes in pairs that always ...

Scientists from the University of Manchester's Department of Chemistry, Centre for Radiochemistry Research and Photon Science Institute, led by Professor Steve Liddle, have uncovered why a rare class ...

Designing an effective antibody drug is like searching for the right key in a warehouse of locks. Scientists may begin with ...

Some cynodonts may have been giving birth to live young much sooner in evolutionary history than previously assumed. A new ...