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President-elect Donald Trump's second term, alongside SpaceX CEO and new consigliere Elon Musk, could mark a Big Bang for the US space program. The brash billionaire duo share a knack for disruption ...

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

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

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

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

In a recent study, researchers have developed a compound metalens that enables distortion-free imaging. The study, published ...

Modern imaging systems, such as those used in smartphones, virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR) devices, are constantly evolving to become more compact, efficient, and high-performing.

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

Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, ...

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