Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have spotted an extremely bright red spot in the early universe. The object resembles an ...

Tiny viruses that infect bacteria could one day help us tackle infections that antibiotics can no longer treat. But first, ...

Canine sarcoptic mange (scabies) is a skin condition in which microscopic mites (Sarcoptes scabiei) infest dogs' skin. The ...

Neptune's moon and ring system stand out among the giant planets because of the strange imbalance between its one very large ...

Many fascinating phases in quantum materials emerge when electrons, atoms and other microscopic components begin to act ...

NASA is planning to send three small rovers to the moon with a single instruction: Work out among yourselves how to explore a ...

When a dairy cow miscarries, a farmer loses far more than an unborn calf. Feed has been grown, land and water have been used, ...

A new paper published in Physical Review Letters reveals that a leading dark matter candidate—the hypothetical "dark ...

Fusion reactors, devices that generate energy by fusing light atomic nuclei at extremely high temperatures, could contribute ...

For the first time, researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have demonstrated that the low-purity iron ore ...

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, damaging buildings and homes, and ...

More than 40 years after the end of commercial whaling, new research reveals a recent increase in sightings of the world's ...