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Tropical forests are often treated as a single planetary machine for absorbing carbon, but a new satellite-based analysis suggests that the world’s great rainforest regions...

A few drops of blood collected from a newborn’s heel may contain clues about whether that child is at unusually high risk of developing cancer...

A molecule that can be opened, closed, made to glow and even directed to form different products with different wavelengths of light could become a...

READING, Pa. — For parents trying to keep running in their lives after having a child, a stroller may be more than a way to...

Female Cope’s gray treefrogs appear to suffer from the same problem that confronts humans in crowded stores, overflowing streaming menus and dating apps: too many...

A new study is turning ordinary drone flights into a high-tech early-warning system for aging bridges, combining aerial imagery with artificial intelligence to identify defects...

Shengxi Huang, an associate professor in Rice University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been elected a fellow of SPIE, the international society for...

Obesity and cancer research has built a substantial evidence base over the past decade, but a new analysis from the National Cancer Institute says important...

Altermagnetism, a recently recognized form of magnetism that could reshape the future of computer memory, has taken a significant step toward practical control. Researchers at...

Tuberculosis continues to affect men disproportionately around the world, and a new study led by researchers at University College London suggests that the disparity is...

Microplastic pollution has reached another critical biological threshold along the Texas Gulf Coast, where oysters are showing biochemical stress and tissue damage linked to exposure...

A waste stream once viewed as an expensive environmental liability could become an active ingredient in safer, longer-lasting batteries. Researchers have developed a strategy that...

A new study published in Nature Communications reports that MHS552, an engineered antibody carrying a modified form of the immune-signaling molecule interleukin-2, selectively expands functional...

Artificial intelligence is moving rapidly from systems that answer questions to agents that can pursue objectives, make decisions and act across digital environments. That shift...

MXenes, a family of atomically thin materials known for combining high electrical conductivity with chemically active surfaces, may soon become far easier to manufacture. Researchers...