DNA can be thought of as a vast library that stores all genetic information. Cells do not use this information all at once.

This week, researchers identified the role of the brain's protein clean-up system in dementia. Fecal transplants show ...

Education systems need to focus more on independent critical thinking and rational, evidence-based learning and problem-solving to find answers to many of the unprecedented environmental, social, and ...

Engineers have long battled a problem that can cause loud, damaging oscillations inside gas turbines and aircraft engines: combustion instability. These unwanted pressure fluctuations create ...

Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin said Friday it would temporarily pause flights of its space tourism rocket to focus ...

The cells in our bodies move in groups during biological processes such as wound healing and tissue development—but because ...

Cosmic radio pulses repeating every few minutes or hours, known as long-period transients, have puzzled astronomers since ...

Although DNA is tightly packed and protected within the cell nucleus, it is constantly threatened by damage from normal ...

Are taxes too high? According to a new study by University of Cincinnati economics professor David Brasington, the answer is ...

A team of researchers from the University of Stuttgart and the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg led by Prof. Stefanie ...

When waves are moving across ice-covered seas, they can cause sheets of ice to bend and ultimately break. Understanding the ...

Researchers are continually looking for new ways to hack the cellular machinery of microbes like yeast and bacteria to make products that are useful for humans and society. In a new proof-of-concept ...