New research reports that the most sensitive climate models overestimate global warming during the last 50 years.
The wings of cicadas and dragonflies are natural bacteria killers, inspiring scientists who are searching for new ways to defeat drug-resistant superbugs. They've now revealed how...
A new study from Australia confirms a link between COVID-19 cases and lower humidity.
Researchers sequenced the genomes of all 18 recognized species of penguin to assemble a family tree, showing that the largest of the penguins - king and...
Physicists have discovered a new trigger for edge localized modes (ELMs) -- instabilities that can halt fusion reactions and damage the tokamaks that house such reactions.
A new study identifies a subtype of autism arising from a cluster of genes that regulate cholesterol metabolism and brain development.
A new study reveals that households respond to ambient air pollution by increasing electricity consumption, which in turn increases the carbon emissions that are co-produced in...
Researchers report advances in their quest to make the best carbon nanotube fibers for industry.
Researchers thought that they were five years away from solving a math riddle from the 1980's. In reality, and without knowing, they had nearly cracked the...
A team has uncovered a critical connection between winds at Earth's equator and atmospheric waves 6,000 miles away at the South Pole. The team has found,...