Scientists have found a way to significantly boost “blue energy,” which generates electricity from the mixing of saltwater and freshwater. By coating nanopores with lipid molecules that create a ...

A sudden release of pressure allowed a copper-based compound to superconduct at the highest temperature yet for atmospheric ...

Federal agents in hazmat gear swarmed an Irvine, California home late last month but the teenager who lives there says they busted up a home science project, not a weapons lab. Seventeen-year-old ...

The idea that life could hitch a ride between planets on chunks of rock blasted into space by asteroid impacts sounds a bit ...

A resurfaced CIA document reveals that US intelligence once examined research hinting at a potential cancer treatment more ...

On International Women’s Day, it’s worth pausing to look up, not just at the sky, but at the women who helped us understand ...

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there ...

Researchers have discovered a new way to increase a key brain protein damaged in Rett syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that affects thousands of children worldwide. Early studies in mice and ...

A 17-year-old whiz kid whose Southern California home was at the center of an FBI and hazmat squad probe last week said the ...

A potential new mineral on Mars forms when iron sulfates are heated above 100°C. Data from Valles Marineris regions suggest ...

HTV-X1 is set to be released by Canadarm2 from the ISS, remaining in orbit for three months while conducting JAXA-controlled science experiments and technology demonstrations.

A new book from Rebecca Solnit, promising to bring us hope in these “difficult times”, is among our pick of popular science titles out this month – along with a guide on how to talk to AI, and a look ...