Astronomers have discovered an extremely rare star that offers a glimpse into the earliest days of the universe. The star, named SDSS J0715-7334, is considered...

A team of researchers at the University of Surrey has developed a new type of lithium-ion battery that could make electric vehicles travel much...

Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) have achieved something that sounds almost impossible: they have observed atoms existing in two places at the...

Scientists have long been puzzled by one of the biggest mysteries in the universe: dark matter. Now, a new study suggests that gravitational waves—tiny ripples...

Tiny plastic particles are now being found almost everywhere, including inside the human body. Scientists have detected microplastics and even smaller nanoplastics in the air...

For the first time since the Apollo era, humans are preparing not just to visit the moon, but to live and work there for...

Engineers at MIT and their collaborators have created a new type of soft gel that can dramatically change how well it conducts electricity when...

Scientists have developed a new type of fabric that can strongly repel water even after intense use, offering a promising solution for outdoor clothing,...

Heart disease is still the number one cause of death around the world. It often develops slowly over many years without clear warning signs. By...

Aside from oil, rare earth elements may be the most buzzworthy thing coming out of the ground these days. Headlines trumpet news about new partnerships...

In the early 1970s, the idea of an ordinary person owning a computer sounded absurd. Computers back then were more like aircraft carriers or nuclear...

Engineers are taking inspiration from birds to design a new kind of flying robot that could be more flexible, safer, and better suited to...

In the Netflix series “Stranger Things,” the Demogorgon – a humanlike predatory creature whose face opens like a flower to reveal rows of menacing...

Researchers have created possibly the world's smallest incandescent lightbulb. The new invention could have applications in sensing, photonics and perhaps computing platforms beyond the limitations...

The discovery of a “lost world” of ancient organisms that lived in Earth’s waterways at least 1.6 billion years ago could change our understanding of our earliest ancestors. 

A newly discovered fungus that turns spiders into “zombies” has been found in caves across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The discovery was...

Astronomers are closing in on a signal that has been travelling across the Universe for 12 billion years, bringing them nearer to understanding the...