Neutrinos are ghostly particles—no charge, barely any mass, and yet they flood the cosmos. Born in places like the Sun, ...

A three-panel image, two at the top and one stretched across the bottom. At top left, two spiral galaxies are widely separated against the black background of space. At top right, two face-on spiral ...

Cannabis consumption among older adults in the U.S. is skyrocketing, reaching levels never seen before. According to a recent analysis led by researchers at the NYU School of Global Public Health, 7 ...

Still image from the numerical simulation at around 1.3 seconds after the neutron star merger. The contours in blue and green show the density of the matter around the central remnant black hole. The ...

Scientists have discovered a star behaving like no other seen before, giving fresh clues about the origin of a new class of mysterious objects. X-ray: NASA/CXC/ICRAR, Curtin Univ./Z. Wang et al.; ...

Researchers have developed a resin that turns into two different kinds of solids, depending on the type of light that shines on it: Ultraviolet light cures the resin into a highly resilient solid, ...

Soft machines, made from flexible materials such as soft plastics, could be beneficial in fields like nuclear cleanup, medicine, and space exploration. However, their real-world use has been limited ...

The brain’s balance relies on interactions between nerve, immune, and stem cells. Studies suggest that certain smells can influence brain function and immunity. Research has also linked losing the ...

For years, researchers have grappled with one of autism’s enduring mysteries: why males receive diagnoses at more than four times the rate of females. While many theories have suggested that ...

Participant putting contacts in CREDIT Yuqian Ma, Yunuo Chen, Hang Zhao Humans can’t see infrared light because of the way our eye proteins work. However, seeing invisible infrared light with the ...

Caption:An image of the lunar far side. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University For decades, scientists have been puzzled by a puzzling phenomenon: the moon, despite having no inherent magnetic ...

A crowded galaxy field on a black background, with one large star dominating the image just right of center. Three areas are concentrated with larger white hazy blobs on the left, lower right, and ...