Credit: B. Minchew/Caltech For the first time, researchers have closely observed how the ocean's tides can speed up or slow...

It all began innocently enough. Tyrone Daulton, a physicist with the Institute for Materials Science and Engineering at Washington University...

Credit: Scientists from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have discovered the secret behind the toughness of deer antlers and...

Credit: Courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Hohonu Moana 2016. Last spring, researchers made headlines with the...

Bremerhaven/Germany, 19 December 2016. Manganese nodules on the seabed of the Pacific Ocean are an important breeding ground for deep-sea...

Credit: Original art by Rebecca Konte for the Prakash Lab Peek into a tide pool along the shore and you...

As part of its Patron Saint's Day celebrations on 15 February 2017, KU Leuven will confer an honorary doctorate on...

Credit: Image by Tim Marvel, NASA CORVALLIS, Ore. -- A space-based sensor that can "see" through fog, clouds and darkness...

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - A centuries-old herbal medicine, discovered by Chinese scientists and used to effectively...

Early development after birth can have profound effects on survival and reproduction. Now new research suggests that concentrations of a...

A tiny seismic event that occurred in North Korea on 12 May 2010 appears to have bene an earthquake rather...

(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) Fungal infections are a serious health risk. They can be harmful especially to patients whose...

Scientists at the University of York have found that oil palm plantations, which produce oil for commercial use in cooking,...

Most women are not bothered much about the fact that they might at times share public bathrooms designated for females...