Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) at Kanazawa University, the Institute for Molecular Science and SOKENDAI have uncovered the hidden mechanism behind a molecular switch—a ...

At Morningside Park in Miami, a new installation is testing a simple but urgent idea: What if a seawall could help heal the ...

Unexpectedly low calf numbers within the spinner dolphin population off Hawaiʻi Island were revealed in a study led by ...

"Complex chemical processes are essential for making DNA." This long-held assumption in the field of biotechnology has been ...

Physicists have long puzzled over a strange contradiction inside a family of minerals called rutile oxides. These materials all share the same crystal structure—but while some of them, like titanium ...

Where does the solar system end and interstellar space begin? That's a question scientists have been working to answer using ...

New research finds that birds can use lactate, often thought of as a metabolic waste product, as a cellular fuel that aids in ...

Water flowing from hot springs near volcanoes often contains a mixture of meteoric water that has percolated underground and ...

Citizen science is booming and could play a much greater role in tackling climate change, reef health, biodiversity and public health challenges by involving members of the public throughout the ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified what may be the most distant barred spiral galaxy ever ...

Movement data from wild predator–prey encounters and controlled human catch-tag games have been combined to create realistic ...

A surface that absorbs heat well at a certain wavelength and direction will also emit heat in the same way. This fundamental ...