Scientists in China have finally succeeded in creating functioning sperm from mice in the laboratory. To accomplish this feat, the researchers coaxed ...
Environmental scientists at the University of Virginia have found that surface ozone, an abundant chemical known to be toxic to many species of vegeta...
Health officials, drug companies, governments and the public are scrambling to understand and combat the Zika virus. The virus was first identified al...
APEX, the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment telescope, is located at 5100 metres above sea level on the Chajnantor Plateau in Chile's Atacama region. ...
New research suggests that the dodo, an extinct bird whose name has entered popular culture as a symbol of stupidity, was actually fairly smart. The w...
Hundreds of methane-emitting hot spots have been identified across the Los Angeles Basin, including a "clean ports" truck refueling facility...
Archaeological and genetic analysis may indicate that three skeletons buried in medieval graves in France may have been Muslim, according to a study p...
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully developed an environmentally-friendly food packaging material that is fr...
Aquatic life can suffer when high concentrations of dissolved salts enter freshwater ecosystems, a process known as salinization. An international, mu...
Just as the single-crystal silicon wafer forever changed the nature of communication 60 years ago, a group of Cornell researchers is hoping its work w...