Microplastics have been detected in human blood, brain tissue, and even bones, where they may weaken skeletal structure and ...

What started as a frustrating kitchen challenge turned into award-winning science: Fabrizio Olmeda and his colleagues ...

A sweeping investigation has revealed widespread fraud in mathematics publishing, where commercial metrics and rankings have ...

Wildfires are no longer a seasonal nuisance but a deadly, nationwide health crisis. Fueled by climate change, smoke is spreading farther and lingering longer, with new research warning of tens of ...

Alcohol-associated liver disease is becoming a massive health and economic burden, but researchers at UC San Diego may have ...

MIT scientists have unraveled the hidden energy balance of earthquakes by recreating them in the lab. Their findings show that while only a sliver of energy goes into the shaking we feel on the ...

Scientists at Michigan State University have discovered how to use ultrafast lasers to wiggle atoms in exotic materials, ...

Plastic particles from everyday items like Styrofoam cups and take-out containers are finding their way into the brain, where ...

A team from the University of Illinois has uncovered surprising evolutionary links between the genetic code and tiny protein ...

Astronomers have long relied on supercomputers to simulate the immense structure of the Universe, but a new tool called ...

Scientists at Rutgers and collaborators have traced the invisible dark matter scaffolding of the universe using over 100,000 ...

The Dead Sea isn’t just the saltiest body of water on Earth—it’s a living laboratory for the formation of giant underground ...