A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers ...

Against expert advice, people are using new and unpredictable synthetic drugs to experiment on themselves in hopes of ...

I n science, whether an anomaly is insignificant or the basis for a promising new field of study can boil down to the ...

Creating quantum entanglement inside a solid material is tricky in the lab – but crystals buried in the earth could be ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed “Mary Anning” after a 19th century English ...

A new study suggests a surprisingly simple compound could help fight Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers found that arginine—an inexpensive amino acid already considered safe—can reduce the buildup of ...

One summer day, 8-year-old Hugo Deans spotted a cluster of tiny, BB-sized spheres (galls) near an ant nest in his backyard.

However, sugar is not the direct cause of cavities. Nor is it a corrosive substance, like the common classroom experiment ...

The University of Texas at San Antonio transformed its campus into a hands-on science playground Saturday as Viva Science SA ...

Most hypotheses suggest that earlier forms of life had partial genetic codes and used fewer than 20 amino acids. To test ...

Manganese dioxide can convert amino acids into hydrogen cyanide (HCN) without requiring methane, a finding that solves a long ...