If you're looking for a top-notch hospital with a wide range of services, narrowing your list to hospitals with a five-star patient experience rating might lead you astray. Many five-star hospita..

Using rare oxygen molecules trapped in old ice and snow, US and French scientists have answered a long-standing question: How much have 'bad' ozone levels increased since the start of the In..

A new study may help settle a long-standing question — how small amounts of organic carbon become locked away in rock and sediments, preventing it from decomposing. Knowing exactly how that process o..

Biological control of the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive pest that devastates gardens and crops, would be more effective in natural areas bordering crops or at times when certain insecticides..

The newly-discovered dark dwarf galaxy Antlia 2's collision with the Milky Way may be responsible for our galaxy's characteristic ripples in its outer disc, according to a new study.

Energy is transferred through the structure in a way that boosts its response to light, showing promise for solar cell applications.

In 2005, condensed matter physicists considered the fate of graphene at low temperatures. Their work led to the discovery of a new state of matter dubbed a 'topological insulator,' which wou..

A new tool for predicting a person's movement trajectory may help humans and robots work together in close proximity.

Scientists have developed a gene-editing tool — using jumping genes — that inserts any DNA sequence into the genome without cutting, fixing a major shortcoming of existing CRISPR technology.

A study of nearly 800,000 schoolchildren in New York City shows that Black, Hispanic, and Asian students live and go to school closer to both healthy and unhealthy food outlets than do White students.