Scientists have created a programmable optical chip that can slow light on demand, giving engineers far greater control over ...

Watching television very often in midlife may be linked to troubling brain changes decades later. In a study of about 1,700 ...

Ancient sediment reveals that some of K’gari’s deepest lakes vanished around 7,500 years ago, despite unusually heavy ...

A newly discovered turning point in the Sun’s 11-year cycle could allow scientists to predict future solar activity years ...

For most adults, a daily caffeine habit may be safer for the heart than many people assume. A new American Heart Association ...

Astronomers have found the first confirmed atmosphere around a rocky planet in another star’s habitable zone. The planet, LHS 1140 b, revealed its atmosphere through helium slowly leaking into space.

Oxygen is disappearing from oceans, lakes, rivers, and coastal waters at an alarming rate, threatening aquatic life and ...

Researchers have uncovered a surprising culprit behind sleep loss in Alzheimer’s disease: the brain’s own immune cells. In ...

A naturally occurring compound found in foods such as wheat germ, mushrooms, and aged cheese may help older adults build ...

A quantum problem once described as impossible for classical computers has now been solved using relatively modest hardware.

A new AI-powered blood test could give people a remarkably early warning of serious heart and circulation problems. Developed ...

A new experimental treatment may have found a way to outsmart glioblastoma’s toughest defense: the blood-brain barrier.