The process of necrosis, a form of cell death, may represent one of the most promising ways to change the course of human aging, disease and even space travel, according to a new study by researchers ...

Global research shows how plankton adapt their cell membranes to survive changing ocean light, nutrients, and temperature.

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Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...

New research from MIT suggests that astrocytes - long considered support cells - may play a key role in the human brain's ...

Abel Avellan is taking on SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Project Kuiper in the battle to provide broadband satellite internet ...

On April 4, China added seven of the 17 rare earths metals - such as samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, ...

Researchers united insights from cellular biology, quantum computing, old-fashioned semiconductors and high-definition TVs to both create a revolutionary new quantum biosensor. In doing so, they shed ...

Find out how solar cells power a good portion of homes today—and how they might power almost everything in the future.

What if the solutions to some of Earth's biggest problems could be found in some of its smallest creatures? That bet has led a team of researchers to places both remote and — lately — rather familiar.

Scientists have may have successfully reproduced what's believed to be the first thing that ever lived on Planet Earth.

Trump and Musk exchanged wild accusations and threats in a breakup that blew up far beyond a fight over the president's ...