In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explains how the creation of living solar panels transformed their impact on the world ...

Rubbing elbows in a unique Raleigh corporate incubator are founders of a firm with AI-powered genetic technology for hire, a startup that’s engineering plants to fight cattle burping, and a developer ...

They derive their energy from differences in the concentration of hydrogen ions across some of these membranes ...

NOW THAT AUTUMN is here, cold weather will soon be upon us, and Jack Frost will come to visit your yard. These first few frosts of the year taunt me. My aggravation stems from the fact that usually ...

It is in complex animals that organs come into their own as a plethora of sophisticated, functional entities. How large that plethora is in a given animal species can vary depending on which biologist ...

How do plants breathe? When do they open and close the tiny pores on their leaves, and what does this mean for their water balance? A research team led by Marburg physicist Professor Martin Koch has ...

When placed inside an electron microscope, the familiar goldenrod transforms into a world of alien-like textures, spiky pollen grains, and intricate cell structures invisible to the naked eye.

Carnegie Mellon scientists create AggreBots, tiny lung-cell robots powered by cilia with controlled motility.Word excerpt: Researchers at Carnegie M ...

For Corsicans, helichrysum is a symbol of strength and timeless beauty. But the flower is not just symbolic, it also has purported wellness benefits—especially in essential oil form—thanks to various ...

Nikon has revealed the winners of the 15th annual Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition. The contest recognizes the most dynamic microscopic movies or digital time-lapse photography each year.

At a lab in the heart of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, scientists are breeding corals to be more resilient to rising ocean temperatures.

The carbon cycle is a natural process that plays a crucial role in Earth's climate system. However, human activities have significantly increased ...