New insights have emerged into how the human brain develops. Two genes that are unique to humans work together to influence…

Areas with elevated microplastic levels experience increased rates of hypertension, diabetes, stroke, and other noncommunicable diseases. Tiny plastic particles, known as…

Scientists have discovered evidence that Earth’s oceans were once green, hinting that this could be a marker of early life, both…

Tiny magnetic “flowers” engineered by physicist Anna Palau are redefining how we manipulate magnetic fields. These metamaterials, designed with petal-like structures,…

Researchers have achieved a major quantum computing breakthrough: certified randomness, a process where a quantum computer generates truly random numbers, which…

Scientists have discovered that horses owe their legendary stamina to a unique genetic mutation. This mutation supercharges energy production in muscle…

Nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases, kills mosquitoes when present in human blood and may become a new tool to fight…

Stanford scientists found that dramatic climate changes after the Great Dying enabled a few marine species to spread globally, leading to…