Oil and water contained in a cylinder with magnetic nickel particles form the shape of a Grecian urn. A combination of oil, ...

Biomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.

A fossilized jawbone found off the coast of Taiwan more than 20 years ago belonged to a group of ancient humans, called the ...

The NIH is by far the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research, with an annual budget of US$47 billion paying for ...

The IEA report finds that the US, Europe, and China are collectively responsible for 85% of data centres’ current energy ...

Damage done to the skin can increase the risk of an allergic reaction in other organs. Injuries to a mouse’s skin can ignite ...

It is no heavier than 0.45 electron volts (eV) — less than one-millionth the mass of an electron, the next-lightest known ...

To test whether the neurons were functional, the researchers injected them into the brains of rats treated with a neurotoxin ...

Heaviest known elementary particles and their antimatter counterparts are detected after nuclear smash-ups at the Large ...

Scientists working on artificial intelligence are more confident than the public that the technology will benefit people.

Communities of researchers worldwide are taking on the toxic research cultures that drive poor psychological health among ...

DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...