This artist's concept illustrates a Martian dust storm, which might also crackle with electricity. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

To try to solve the puzzle of how the infection persisted and spread over thousands of years in Eurasia, an international ...

X-ray images of ATSP across five different damage-healing cycles. In the first cycle, the scans revealed that ATSP fully healed and recovered its shape and strength. By the fifth cycle, mechanical ...

A 50-year love affair with hairy caterpillars reveals their squirmy secrets Western tent caterpillars might not be on your ...

Organic matter helps soil lock in moisture, but exact mechanism was previously unclear. Scientists studied the process by ...

Omega-3 fatty acids are known to be an essential part of a healthy diet. As humans cannot produce them, they have to be ...

Lakes have long been viewed as sources of carbon dioxide emissions, but new research suggests they may actually act as carbon ...

A pilot test of this system using vacuum and calcium chloride successfully dried apple and mango, matching moisture levels in ...

Prairie voles are highly social, forming monogamous mating relationships, as well as peer relationships akin to human ...

According to a new study by Harvard researchers, the basal ganglia—the so-called “learning machine” of the brain—speaks in two different codes: one for recently-acquired learned movements and another ...

Cornell University researchers have developed an implant system that can treat Type 1 diabetes by supplying extra oxygen to densely packed insulin-secreting cells, without the need for ...

Often portrayed as lumber-hungry nuisances, North American beavers build dams that help freshwater ecosystems thrive. A new Stanford-led study uses high-resolution aerial imagery to map beaver dams ...