In the murky waters of Ushiku-numa, a freshwater pond just northeast of Tokyo, a microscopic drama has been playing out for ...

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature ’s photo team.

In this video I turn everyday classroom supplies into a fun science game using my digital microscope. I zoom in on familiar objects and challenge you to guess what they are in three rounds that get ...

Researchers from the labs of Professors Vinayak Dravid and Omar Farha developed a high-resolution approach to map ...

Massi rushes down the slope, leaps across a slow-running stream and disappears inside a thick bush. Rosie, his young ...

A new way of capturing light from atoms could finally unlock ultra-powerful, million-qubit quantum computers. After decades of effort, researchers may finally be closing in on a practical path toward ...

When materials become just one atom thick, melting no longer follows the familiar rules. Instead of jumping straight from solid to liquid, an unusual in-between state emerges, where atomic positions ...

A burst of invisible light can do more than illuminate a surface. In a new study, Michigan State University researchers used ...

Fashion, beauty, and food companies are using nonsensical jargon to make a sale.

Known as dinosaur stars for both their primeval nature and their immense size, Population III stars existed only when the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the ...