A study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that patients who go home after knee replacement and receive physical therapy at ho...
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has passed early tests in anima...
University of Washington scientists have built a new nanometer-sized laser -- using the thinnest semiconductor available today -- that is energy effic...
Today's rich variety of beetles may be due to an historically low extinction rate rather than a high rate of new species emerging, according to a ...
Electric vehicles are cool, research shows. Literally. A study in this week's Scientific Reports by researchers at Michigan State University (MSU)...
Bats are not as stereotyped when they hunt as previously believed. New research shows that these flying mammals are capable of making ultra-fast decis...
Gyroscopes measure rotation in everyday technologies, from unmanned aerial vehicles to cell phone screen stabilizers. Though many animals can move wit...
In 1996, a trio of scientists won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their discovery of Buckminsterfullerene -- soccer-ball-shaped spheres of 60 joined...
A newly discovered crocodilian ancestor may have filled one of North America's top predator roles before dinosaurs arrived on the continent. Carnu...
Our opinions are affected by what our eyes are focusing on in the same instant we make moral decisions. Researchers at Lund University and other insti...