As the number of space travelers is increasing through commercial missions, it becomes more important to understand how space ...

Southwest Research Institute scientists have discovered how solar activity affects the velocity distribution and evolution of ...

Pore-forming proteins in living cells, termed ion channels, are embedded in the outer membrane of almost all cell types and ...

We've all felt the sting of guilt when fruit and vegetables go bad before we could eat them. Now, researchers from MIT and ...

In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech have used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially ...

The indoor environment contains multiple sources of chemical compounds. These include continuous emissions from housing ...

Astronomers have witnessed for the first time a violent cosmic collision in which one galaxy pierces another with intense ...

Two important concepts in evolutionary biology, mutualism and altruism, were first made famous by the colorful anarchist ...

Rutgers University–New Brunswick researchers have discovered a new class of materials—called intercrystals—with unique ...

Lake Tahoe is experiencing large-scale shifts in ultraviolet radiation (UV) as climate change intensifies wet and dry ...

How do insects perceive mechanical stress? This is a question of interest in many different fields, including comparative ...

From anti-counterfeiting inks to bioimaging agents, phosphorescent materials that glow after light exposure are critical for ...