Waters from warmer latitudes, or subtropical waters, are reaching Greenland's glaciers, driving melting and likely triggering an acceleration of ice l...

Researchers at MIT have shown that they can genetically engineer viruses to build both the positively and negatively charged ends of a lithium-ion bat...

Neuroscientists at MIT have developed a powerful new class of tools to reversibly shut down brain activity using different colors of light. When targe...

A new study led by Oregan State University shows that declining populations of "apex" predators such as wolves, lions or sharks has led to a huge incr...

New research out of Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine says that cheaters may prosper in the short term, but over time they seem doomed to...

Michigan State University researchers have designed robots that, in the future, could be ocean-going and cooperatively track moving targets underwater...

Princeton University researchers have come up with a new twist on the mysterious visual phenomenon experienced by humans known as the "uncanny valley....

Longer toes and a unique ankle structure provide some sprinters with the burst of acceleration that separates them from other runners, according to bi...

A new analysis of climate risk, published by researchers at MIT and elsewhere, shows that even moderate carbon-reduction policies now can substantiall...

Plants may not have eyes and ears, but they can recognize their siblings, and researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered how. Plants re...