Today, X-rays are the source of many experiments and medical tests, but it took a long time for humanity to develop proper ...

A groundbreaking collaboration between Los Alamos scientists and Duke University has resurrected a nearly forgotten 1938 experiment that may have quietly sparked the age of fusion energy. Arthur ...

The twentieth century brought incredible scientific breakthroughs. It also brought some of the strangest and darkest ...

Bacteria can develop a heightened new sensitivity to acid levels when exposed to different environmental extremes in the laboratory, a new study shows. This sense triggers a cascade of different gene ...

Over a feverish 10-day period, scientists synthesized and described a new class of carbon molecules, called buckminster ...

When scientists using NASA's Cassini space probe discovered organic compounds in blocks of ice from Enceladus, they wondered if this meant the Saturnian moon might have the ingredients for life. Six ...

Uche Medoh's research describes the synthesis of BMP, a molecule with protective effects against various neurodegenerative ...

An international team of researchers has successfully produced an isotope of the superheavy element livermorium — a feat they say opens the door to discovering new elements. The experiments took place ...

A blast of X-rays from a nuclear explosion should be enough to save Earth from an incoming asteroid, according to the results of a first-of-its-kind experiment. The findings, published on September 23 ...

Researchers have long established that hormones significantly affect the brain, creating changes in emotion, energy levels, ...

An ambitious start-up embodies new optimism that artificial intelligence can turbocharge scientific discovery. An ambitious start-up embodies new optimism that artificial intelligence can turbocharge ...