By comparing groups of proteins found in a wide range of species and by analyzing animal models and human patient data, a ...

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA, an international scientific collaboration, has announced a near doubling of the detected ripples in ...

Headlined by Michael K. Wirth, Chevron CEO, and Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, this year’s Energy Symposium will convene industry leaders, faculty and students for a series of ...

Deaths from coal were highest in 1999, but by 2020 decreased by about 95%, as coal plants have installed scrubbers or shut down. From 1999–2020, approximately 460,000 deaths in the Medicare population ...

Breathe easy. It appears our microbial ancestors used oxygen, too. In December 2025, Brett Baker led a research cruise to collect microbial genomes off the coast of Uruguay. In this photo, Tyler Smith ...

The rare hybrid offspring of a blue jay and a green jay is likely a result of weather-related shifts in the range of two species. A rare hybrid bird identified in a suburb of San Antonio, Texas ...

Hong Qiao, a plant researcher, explains the science behind produce ripening, and how anyone can prolong shelf life. In order to maximize shelf life, there are strategies for storing produce.

A panel of physicists and astronomers grapple with possible cracks in our modern creation myth, the standard model of cosmology. JWST’s image of spiral galaxy NGC 628, which is 32 million light-years ...

Regular volunteering or helping others outside the home can reduce the rate of cognitive aging by 15-20%. In the latest evidence that meaningful social connections bolster health, a team from The ...

UT assistant professor Maria Arredondo conducts an experiment to identify whether or not bilingual children are more efficient learners. Wearing a cap with instruments that map brain activity, a child ...

All complex life, a.k.a. eukaryotes, trace their roots to a common Asgard archaean ancestor. According to this latest study, all complex life forms (a.k.a. eukaryotes) trace their roots back to a ...

Researchers may have glimpsed a supersolid, an enigmatic quantum version of a classical solid. Bilayer excitons spontaneously self-assemble into a solid phase. Credit: Cory Dean/Columbia University.