California's seismic risk is increasing with supershear earthquakes, which are faster and more destructive than typical earthquakes.

Analysis reveals what appears to be a channel of hot, low-density plasma stretching out from our solar system toward distant ...

Observations show that giant star WOH G64 rapidly changed temperature and identity, revealing massive stars evolving in real ...

Low oxygen and rising carbon dioxide in mangrove waters may shrink critical nursery habitat for young fish and threaten ...

A fossil skull from Spain reveals Gorgonavis alcyone, a 125-million-year-old bird that expands the known range of early ...

Snowflake size affects how much snow stays on roofs, helping explain why some storms create heavier and more dangerous snow ...

Crops irrigated with treated wastewater can absorb pharmaceuticals, but most of the chemicals accumulate in plant leaves ...

A 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite crashes through the roof of a house in Georgia, revealing clues about the origin of the Solar System.

Researchers have discovered that how water binds to nanoparticles can determine whether a nanomedicine works or fails. A key finding.

Scientists discovered a smell receptor in mosquitoes that detects the plant compound borneol and triggers an immediate ...

Conservationists have transported 25 griffon vultures to Romania’s Fagaras Mountains to begin restoring the species after decades of absence.

Long before nanotechnology existed, Richard Feynman explained how atoms could store huge amounts of information in microscopic spaces.