Bioplastics may be not produced from oil, but that's about the only benefit, researchers say. Conventional plastic is made from oil. The production of plastic is...
New findings from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission suggest that the interior of the asteroid Bennu could be weaker and less dense than its outer layers—like a crème-filled...
University of California, Irvine materials scientists discover design secrets of nearly indestructible insect. Southern California's diabolical ironclad beetle...
New research from Chalmers, together with ETH Zürich, Switzerland, suggests a promising way to detect elusive dark matter particles through previously unexplored...
A phenomenon of quantum mechanics known as superposition can impact timekeeping in high-precision clocks, according to a theoretical study from Dartmouth College,...
Scientists cannot be expected to drop everything they're working on to turn their attention to beating COVID-19, according to the winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize...
Captured on October 20, 2020, during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this series of images shows the SamCam imager’s field...
Progeny of novel combination is more vigorous and productive than parental plants. Novel grafted plants — consisting of rootstock epigenetically modified to "believe"...
New radio images from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) show for the first time the direct effect of volcanic activity on the atmosphere of...
Gene editing for the development of new treatments, and for studying disease as well as normal function in humans and other organisms, may advance more quickly...