Researchers have created a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can snap into more than a dozen curved, three-dimensional shapes by compressing or twisting the original structure. This rapid shape-shifting ...

Understanding people’s attitudes to interactions with sharks could help halt the global decline of shark numbers, according to new research carried out on Ascension Island.

Golden Goose Award, which spotlights silly sounding or odd federal basic research that ultimately benefited society, seek nominations to recognize the 2026 awardees.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Vividion Therapeutics have identified chemical compounds that can precisely block the interaction between the major cancer-driving gene RAS, and a key ...

The researchers’ custom near-infrared LED heating system activates SnOx nanoflakes that heat and neutralize cancer cells (green: live cells; red: cells killed by photothermal therapy). Disclaimer: ...

This study explores the political participation of undocumented Mexican immigrants in the US regarding their involvement in external voting in Mexico. The study employs respondent-driven sampling to ...

The Bochum researchers Pauline Bohne (left) and Melanie Mark The images are free to use for members of the press, provided the relevant copyright notice is included. The images may be used solely for ...

This material looks like a rock covered in ice, but under the microscope you would see a spongelike network. This is key to the experiments as the cavities can be filled with specific ions to create ...

Choices made in the earliest stages of product design can influence the environmental impact of a product for years to come. From the materials used to the manufacturing method, these decisions can ...

Installing a station on the Glacier de Corbassière, Swiss Alps. ISTA researcher Thomas Shaw looking upward to the Grand Combin.

Dry soils in northern Mexico may trigger episodes of simultaneous drought and heatwave hundreds of miles away in the southwestern United States, such as Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, according to a ...

Brian Wirth, Nuclear Engineering Department Head at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.