Scientists have found a way to significantly boost “blue energy,” which generates electricity from the mixing of saltwater and freshwater. By coating nanopores with lipid molecules that create a ...

Engineers have discovered an unexpected link between two very different realms of physics: the behavior of electrons in ...

Physicists have long struggled to unite quantum mechanics—the theory governing tiny particles—with Einstein’s theory of ...

DNA is revealing that many animals once thought to be a single species may actually be several hidden ones. But research on ...

A Yale study found that lowering parent stress can help protect young children from obesity. When parents practiced ...

A massive UK study of more than 165,000 dementia patients has uncovered troubling new evidence about risperidone, a commonly ...

Astronomers have created the largest and most detailed 3D map yet of a glowing signal from the early universe, revealing hidden galaxies and gas from 9-11 billion years ago. By analyzing faint ...

A new brain-imaging study has revealed how ketamine produces its fast antidepressant effects in people with treatment-resistant depression. Researchers tracked changes in a critical brain receptor ...

Plants constantly juggle oxygen inside their cells, but scientists have now discovered a surprising twist in how that balance works. Researchers at the University of Helsinki found that ...

Physicists have discovered a surprising new “Island of Inversion” in a place no one expected: among nuclei where the number ...

A prehistoric mass grave in Serbia reveals that more than 77 people—mostly women and children—were deliberately killed in a brutal act of violence about 2,800 years ago. Genetic evidence suggests the ...

Asteroids with tiny moons may be quietly trading material across space. Images from NASA’s DART mission revealed faint ...