Water splitting—breaking water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen—is a promising pathway to sustainable energy. However, this ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

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Amino acids are essential for nearly every process in the human body. Often referred to as "the building blocks of life," ...

When NASA's Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, it captured grainy photographs of large ice-covered moons. Now nearly 40 years ...

Independent researchers in Arizona have unearthed a bronze cannon linked to the Vázquez de Coronado expedition, making it the ...

A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...

Screen use and internet safety are two of the top concerns Australian parents have about their kids' health and ...

The small industrious wood ant can do more than just build high nests in spruce forests. A newly published article in the ...

The secret to cellular youth may depend on keeping the nucleolus—a condensed structure inside the nucleus of a cell—small, ...

Five telescopes of the H.E.S.S.-collaboration in Namibia are used to study cosmic radiation, especially gamma radiation. With ...

Ticks are a nuisance across many areas of the U.S., capable of spreading harmful pathogens to both animals and humans. A new ...