This week, researchers formulated a new method to calculate the probability of generating intelligent life in the universe.

Mercury is extraordinarily toxic, but it becomes especially dangerous when transformed into methylmercury—a form so harmful ...

The rod-shaped tuberculosis (TB) bacterium, which the World Health Organization has once again ranked as the top infectious ...

A super typhoon sweeping towards the Philippines on Saturday was intensifying and could have a "potentially catastrophic" ...

No one knows exactly when or where an earthquake will strike. But computer simulations are helping scientists and engineers ...

Scientists can determine the mass of subatomic particles that are built from quarks by looking at the particles' energy and ...

The idea of maturing oocytes in the ovary to produce offspring has been implemented in various ways. One such method, ovarian ...

Recent estimates indicate that deadly antibiotic-resistant infections will rapidly escalate over the next quarter century.

Adhesives are everywhere, from the tape used in households to the bonding materials in vehicles and electronics. The search ...

Physicists have been trying to design fusion reactors, technologies that can generate energy via nuclear fusion processes, ...

An international team of researchers has achieved an unprecedented milestone: the creation of mouse stem cells capable of ...

Cutting back on animal protein in our diets can save on resources and greenhouse gas emissions. But convincing meat-loving ...