Scientists have found the oldest terrestrial fossil ever—fungus-like filaments that may have helped Earth rebound…
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Scientists found that bats prefer warm hibernation sites where white-nose syndrome thrives, creating an ecological…
Here’s the original story of flight. Sorry, Wright Brothers, but this story began way before…
Viruses are tiny invaders that cause a wide range of diseases, from rabies to tomato…
Fossilized jaw bone fragments of a rat-like creature found at the Petrified Forest National Park…
Dopamine, serotonin involved in sub-second perception, cognition. In first-of-their-kind observations in the human brain, an…
Hard skulls help protect our brains from physical injuries. In addition to a tough outer…
Jonathan Boreyko, an associate professor in mechanical engineering, has developed an aircraft thermal management technology…
For centuries, people around the world have used garlic as a spice, natural remedy, and…
Interdisciplinary team finds the motion enhances Chrysopelea paradisi’s rotational stability. The snakes which comprise the…
Scientists remain perplexed by the activity, with some 40 papers so far giving wildly different…
Virginia Tech researchers discovered genes for cellular metabolic cycles in the genomes of giant viruses.…
Using the unique capabilities of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers led by…
With outbreaks of infectious diseases making headlines around the world, scientists are under pressure to…
Virginia Tech paleontologists have made a remarkable discovery in China: 1 billion-year-old micro-fossils of green…
When Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida in September 2017, the Category 5 storm offered…
Imagine you are flipped upside down and standing on your head. After a few seconds,…
The motivations for using biology as inspiration to engineering vary based on the project, but…