Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ...

More than ten years ago, researchers at Rice University led by materials scientist Boris Yakobson predicted that boron atoms ...

When children are dropped off at a school or daycare for the first time, there can be a lot of feelings and sometimes ...

Where did the moon's magnetism go? Scientists have puzzled over this question for decades, ever since orbiting spacecraft ...

Researchers from Nagoya City University, Tohoku University, and other institutions have used numerical simulations to ...

Much of the world's lithium occurs in salty waters with fundamentally different chemistry than other naturally saline waters ...

A large team of astronomers and astrophysicists affiliated with several institutions in China has discovered a binary star ...

Our cells rely on microscopic highways and specialized protein vehicles to move everything—from positioning organelles to carting protein instructions to disposing of cellular garbage. These highways ...

Hold out your hands, palms up, and move them so they are on top of each other. With a little experimentation—and perhaps a ...

Blue phosphorescent OLEDs can now last as long as the green phosphorescent OLEDs already in devices, University of Michigan ...

Prof. Chii-Shen Yang's team at National Taiwan University resolved the molecular structure and discovered that HwMR, a ...

Charging electric-vehicle batteries in Ithaca's frigid winter can be tough, and freezing temperatures also decrease the driving range. Hot weather can be just as challenging, leading to decomposition ...