Scientists have succeeded in incorporating a light-controlled switch into a molecule used by bacteria for quorum sensing — a process by which bacteria communicate and subsequently control different c..

Researchers have identified a pattern of brain activity that predicts anger experienced during dreaming, according to a new study of healthy adults. The research could potentially inform efforts to un..

A new landmark clinical trial shows that a drug lowers the risk of kidney failure by a third in people with Type 2 diabetes and kidney disease.

A team of investigators has discovered a new, more powerful variant on an antimicrobial resistance gene common among Staphylococcus species. The gene protects the bacteria from an antiseptic compound ..

While the names are similar – Chrome and Chromium – the labels represent two different web browsers. But they are related.
One leads to the other. One is open-source, the other is not, not really. One..

While the names are similar – Chrome and Chromium – the labels represent two different web browsers. But they are related.
One leads to the other. One is open-source, the other is not, not really. One..

A team of astronomers used a newly commissioned radio telescope in South Korea to make the first high-resolution observations of the molecular clouds within a star-forming region of the Milky Way. The..

Streams of meteoroids striking the Moon infuse the thin lunar atmosphere with a short-lived water vapor, according to researchers using data from NASA's LADEE spacecraft. The findings will help s..

A nearby system hosts the first Earth-sized planet discovered by NASA's Transiting Exoplanets Survey Satellite, as well as a warm sub-Neptune-sized world. This milestone sets the path for finding..

We gaze up at them, we wish upon them, we even sing about swinging on them. But the one thing we haven't been able to do with a star is figure out how big it is…until now.