Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital discovered that specific gut bacteria can lower cholesterol and reduce heart disease risk, a finding from the Framingham Heart Study involving...

A top-down view of the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head with the lid removed, revealing the remainder of the asteroid sample inside. Erika Blumenfeld, creative lead for the Advanced Imaging and Visualization of Astromaterials (AIVA)...

A Johns Hopkins University study reveals California as the main emitter of sulfuryl fluoride, a greenhouse gas, due to its use in termite control. Despite the state’s efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions, this gas...

Researchers have created a novel hybrid superconductor that integrates magnetic properties, paving the way for more stable quantum computing. Credit: SciTechDaily.comAn international team including researchers from the University of Würzburg has succeeded in creating...

New research has unveiled significant Jurassic-era fossils, offering new insights into mammalian evolution and the development of the mammalian middle ear, challenging and expanding current understanding of mammal ancestry. Reconstruction of Feredocodon chowi (right)...

Main engine exhaust, solid rocket booster plume, and an expanding ball of gas from the external tank is visible seconds after the space shuttle Challenger accident on January 28, 1986. Credit: NASANASA’s longest period...

A comprehensive review has uncovered a significant research gap in understanding the links between biodiversity loss, global pandemics, and climate change. With only 128 studies out of over 1.8 million addressing these interconnected threats,...

Time dependent interference fringes from the ultrafast Kapitza Dirac Effect. An electron wave packet is exposed to two counterpropagating ultrashort laser pulses. The time span from back to front is 10 pico seconds Credit:...

Starburst galaxy M82 was observed by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2006, which showed the galaxy’s edge-on spiral disk, shredded clouds, and hot hydrogen gas. The James Webb Space Telescope has observed M82’s core,...

Spears from Schöningen in the exhibition at the Forschungsmuseum Schöningen. Credit: Volker Minkus/MINKUSIMAGES, NLDIn 1994, archaeological digs at the Schöningen open-cast coal mine unveiled humanity’s oldest known hunting tools in an extraordinary state of...