Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have created a new kind of computer chip that uses light instead of electricity ...

Researchers have developed a blood test that may help doctors detect if melanoma, a dangerous form of skin cancer, is coming ...

Eating more plant-based protein could help you live a longer life, according to a major international study led by ...

For decades, astronomers have known something didn’t add up in our universe. The amount of “normal” matter—stars, gas, and ...

Enteroviruses are a large group of viruses that can cause a wide range of illnesses—from the common cold to serious ...

In 2021, roughly 6% of the world’s population, or 529 million people, were living with diabetes, mostly type 2 diabetes (T2D). In the same year, 1.6 million deaths were attributed to this disease. T2D ...

A new study from Yale Cancer Center has found that 15% of people diagnosed with cancer in 2023 were still smoking at the time ...

In a historic moment for artificial intelligence and robotics, an autonomous drone has beaten human champions in an ...

Desalination plants turn seawater into drinking water, providing a critical resource for many dry regions around the world. But this process comes with a big downside: for every liter of fresh water ...

Squirrels are famous for their incredible agility—leaping across gaps, bouncing between branches, and landing with ease. Now, ...

A team of researchers at Washington State University has discovered a new way to make lithium-sulfur batteries more powerful ...

Imagine giant slushy hailstones made of ammonia and water wrapped in a shell of ice, plunging through Jupiter’s atmosphere in ...