Science

The average US car now contains hundreds of kilograms of plastic that end up in landfill when the vehicle has...

Planets can be snatched from one solar system by another in the early lives of stars born in dense clusters...

By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal...

Some say it is indispensable if we are serious about hitting net-zero emissions targets. Others insist it is unnecessary and...

A completely automated system for using a washing machine, from loading to unloading, is already being used for appliance tests...

A set of 16 qubits has been arranged so that they may be able to run any calculation error-free –...

Quantum information has been sent from one side of a simple quantum network to the other, passing through an intermediate...

Russia's war on Ukraine has demonstrated how a major energy exporter can achieve a choke-hold over its customers, leaving them...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The Atlantic hurricane...

An exuberant and authoritative book puts wasps in their rightful place – at the centre of research, says Simon Ings...

CLIMATEWIRE | EPA’s proposal to limit toxic pollution from heavy-duty trucks is stronger than anything that has come before it....

In the past three decades, suicides involving guns have steadily dropped around the world. While down overall in the US...

Some editorials simply hurt to write. This is one. At least 19 elementary school children and two teachers are dead,...

Baking a mixture of saltwater and materials that mimic dust from the moon or Mars at a high temperature produced...

It was 6:30 A.M., and I was getting ready to head down to the operating room (OR) for the first...

A study of people in the US suggests those at high genetic risk of dementia are less likely to develop...