NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has achieved nearly 30% better optical performance than required, promising stunningly sharp ...

A recent €150 million upgrade to the ESRF made the technique possible. The researchers see its reach extending beyond ...

Glioblastoma, one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer, spreads by sending tumor cells into surrounding healthy tissue.

A study at Texas A&M University suggests that thymine may have helped early genetic molecules survive by directing that damage into a form that was easier to reverse. The findings, published in ...

Sudden cardiac death occurs when the heart’s electrical system unexpectedly malfunctions, triggering a dangerous heart rhythm that prevents the heart from pumping blood effectively. It can strike ...

A small, round hole in a Neanderthal’s shoulder blade suggests a wooden spear pierced the chest about 75,000 years ago. The ...

Credit: Jack Boyette, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Museum specimens are helping scientists ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising function of a molecule that controls inflammation: It not only recruits immune cells ...

Exercise affects far more than muscle, but its molecular effects vary across the body. By mapping changes across 22 tissues ...

A dangerous El Niño-driven wildfire cascade has reached the Amazon, and NASA scientists warn that the worst may still be ahead as hidden fires spread beneath the rainforest canopy.

Antarctic sea ice reached its annual maximum extent on September 14, 2026—the third-lowest maximum in the satellite record.

Some of the world’s smallest flowering plants have found a way to fit the basic architecture of much larger species into a ...