In a remarkable medical breakthrough, doctors have successfully used stem cells to treat a debilitating eye condition that can lead to vision loss.
Today, Antarctica is a huge frozen continent, though it was once temperate enough to be covered in swampy forests. Now, a team of scientists has discovered fossilized tree resin—amber—on the continent for the first time.
In a discovery that challenges basic physics principles, researchers have shown that under specific conditions, a laser beam can block light and cast a visible shadow.
US researchers found that those who get their thymus removed face an increased risk of death from any cause in the five years following the surgery.
The brain is a marvel of efficiency, honed by thousands of years of evolution so it can adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world.
The experiment successfully transported a box filled with unbonded protons across CERN’s main site, thus demonstrating that the same feat could later be possible for antiprotons.
Comb jellies seem to use the strategy of aging in reverse as a survival strategy when they are under pressure.
New observations of microscopic vortices confirm the existence of a paradoxical phase of matter that may also arise inside neutron stars.
For the first time, we've got a three-dimensional picture of a magnetic skyrmion. This tiny, spiraling flaw in the magnetic properties of some materials could find uses in next-gen electronics storage devices and quantum computers.
A huge ancient Mayan city that may have housed between 30,000 and 50,000 people at its peak between 750 and 850 AD was discovered in Mexico by accident thanks to Lidar technology.
For most of our evolutionary history, human activity has been linked to daylight. Technology has liberated us from these ancient sleep-wake cycles, but there is evidence sunlight has left and continues to leave its mark.
Some 3.26 billion years ago a giant rock between 50 and 200 times the size of the Chicxulub dino-killer smacked into our planet. The result of this impact may have churned up nutrients that gave a select few early microbes a boost.
Resaerchers found that a specific fungus can recognize shapes, and communicate information about their surroundings throughout their network.
To minimize the risk of cardiovascular disease, our arteries need to be clear and inflammation-free, and scientists have developed a new technique that uses carbon nanoparticles to fight the buildup of dangerous plaques.
Scientists have recently discovered 14 'skinny' genes that could influence how individuals lost weight in response to exercise.
