Infants 17 months of age expect leaders — but not others — to intervene when one member of their group transgresses against another, a new study reveals.

Even 3- to 5-year-olds know what typical dogs and fish look like — and they apply that knowledge when they hear new words. Researchers found that when children encounter new nouns, they use what they..

Scientists have identified one kind of lung cell that can hustle to repair its damaged DNA and survive an attack of the influenza A virus while other kinds of cells around it die in droves. The findin..

A two-faced interface between growing carbon nanotubes and solid catalysts turns out to be more common than once believed, according to a new theory. Understanding of the mechanism could help scientis..

Engineers have developed a method for extracting a color image from a single exposure of light scattered through a mostly opaque material. The technique has applications in a wide range of fields from..

Microbiologists report 'a major advance' in the quest to develop electrically conductive protein nanowires in the bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens for use as chemical and biological sensor..

A new study on a Bahamian bat makes the case for using the species' unusual parasites to reveal details about the species' populations on the archipelago. Using parasites to glean informatio..

Researchers have imaged an exotic quantum particle — called a Majorana fermion — that can be used as a building block for future qubits and eventually the realization of quantum computers.

By analyzing single particles of light, this camera system can reconstruct room-size scenes and moving objects that are hidden around a corner. This work could someday help autonomous cars and robots ..

This study provides new insights into the functional relationships between inhibitory and excitatory neurons in the brain.