King cobras are the world's longest venomous snakes. So, imagine seeing one a few feet away as you embark on a train in India. The Western Ghats King Cobra (Ophiophagus kaalinga)—a vulnerable king ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among island land snails globally. Lead author ...

Using data collected by NASA's Parker Solar Probe during its closest approach to the sun, a University of Arizona-led ...

Using a new method to track groundwater levels and greenhouse gas emissions, researchers uncover the climate impact of ...

The precise control of tiny droplets on surfaces is essential for advanced manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and ...

New research conducted by paleontologists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the CNRS ...

Astronomers at Texas A&M University have discovered a rare, tightly packed collision of galaxies in the early universe, ...