This week, researchers at the Desert Research Institute reported that lead pollution likely caused widespread IQ declines in ...

If your teeth have ever felt fuzzy after skipping a brushing, you've encountered biofilm—a slimy bacterial layer that clings ...

A team of physicists led by The City College of New York's Lia Krusin-Elbaum has developed a novel technique that uses ...

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From the persistent droughts of southern Africa and Central America in the early part of the year to the more recent ...

Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems in drought conditions to grow steeper into the soil to access ...

Researchers at Kyushu University have developed a device that combines a catalyst and microwave flow reaction to efficiently ...

A whitish, gray patch that sometimes appears in the night sky alongside the northern lights has been explained for the first ...

An international study reveals how early humans, as far back as 1.5 million years ago, deliberately selected specific stones ...

Earth's average surface temperature in 2024 was the warmest on record, according to an analysis led by NASA scientists.

An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, ...

Electron transport in bilayer graphene exhibits a pronounced dependence on edge states and a nonlocal transport mechanism, ...