Researchers develop a portable device that can detect it in a room's air in a few minutes

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Space, the vast and mysterious expanse that surrounds our planet, has captivated the human imagination for millennia. From the shimmering stars to distant galaxies and enigmatic black holes, the…

(KRON) — Northern California’s wildlife is remarkably resilient during and after a “mega fire,” a new study on intense wildfires by UC Berkeley researchers found. During the summer of 2018, the Mendocino Complex Fire ripped through the University of Californi…

Scientists at Harvard University claim to have come excitingly close to finding the proverbial Fountain of Youth

NASA is just over three months away from launching a spacecraft to an asteroid made mostly of metal orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.

OSIRIS-REx will return with its priceless asteroid cargo on Sept. 24, and the University of Arizona's mission team is busy rehearing its central role in recovering the samples.

New research on a 300,000-year-old throwing stick reveals advanced woodworking techniques among early humans, suggesting communal hunting practices involving the whole community. The artifact, demonstrating high craftsmanship, indicates early humans' deep kno…

A badger-like mammal was sinking its teeth into the ribs of a dinosaur three times its size when they were buried in volcanic ash 125 million years ago, capturing the pair in a deadly embrace.

Citizen scientists have assisted a team of researchers in uncovering the threat of microplastics on the pristine beaches of the Arctic.

The schistosomiasis worms (Schistosoma mansoni) are uncommon in a number of aspects, most notably the requirement that male and female adults remain partnered throughout their lives in order for reproduction to be effective. As many as 3,000 eggs might be lai…

When a NASA spacecraft successfully knocked an asteroid off course last year it sent dozens of boulders skittering into space, images from the Hubble telescope showed on Thursday. NASA’s fridge-sized

Proteins, the energy of the cell, are involved in various applications, including material and treatments. They are made up of an amino acid chain that folds into a certain shape. A significant number of novel protein sequences have been found recently due to…

The UN celebrated the second ever annual International Moon Day on Thursday, promoting ongoing international cooperation in the peaceful use of outer space while also honouring historic achievements in space exploration.

So far, gravitational waves have been only detected by astrophysicists from binary systems - the fusion of either two black holes, two neutron stars, or one of each. In theory, it should be possible to detect gravitational waves emanating from a solitary, non…

Homo naledi was claimed to be artistic, make tools and bury its dead, but warring experts now ask, where’s the evidence?

Paleontologists say many more fossils of dinosaurs are buried underground than have been uncovered thus far and most of them belong to an entirely new species.

Health | Researchers have found an anti-ageing function in a protein deep within human cells. The protein, ATSF-1, controlled the fine balance between creation of

An international research team led by GEOMAR reconstructs the worldwide colonization history of the most widespread marine plant. Seagrasses evolved from freshwater plants and use sunlight and carbon dioxide (CO2) for photosynthesis. They are able to thrive i…

New York, July 22 (IANS) Even as global temperatures are reaching record highs, US space agency NASA aims to keep a track and find possible solutions to climate change.

Scientists believe they have finally made a groundbreaking age reversal discovery that could soon help us turn back time.

Do your flowers seem to droop and wilt in less than a week? Use coffee grounds to remedy that, helping them spruce up your house for much longer.

In a remarkable breakthrough that could revolutionize apple orchards, a team of plant geneticists has discovered a unique mutation in apple trees

The galaxy can throw some odd curveballs, but an exoplanet discovered 1,232 light-years away is one of the oddest yet.