The geoid (the surface of equal gravitational potential of a hypothetical ocean at rest) serves as the classical reference ...

A fast-moving ancient crocodile ancestor gets a name honoring the physics teacher who inspired its discoverer.

Current capacitors often require dedicated cooling loops to keep them operating within a safe temperature range. If the capacitor itself can withstand the heat of an engine block or a high-voltage ...

Credit: NASA. The dark plains of the Moon, known as maria, were once thought of as a geological retirement home. These vast ...

The researchers turned to hydrogels, which are water-rich, jelly-like polymers that respond to temperature and chemicals. But ...

For an animal smaller than a paper clip, the first journey of a newborn dunnart is astonishing. Moments after birth, each baby—no heavier than a grain of rice—must crawl across its mother’s fur to ...

“Our study shows that while all three dietary approaches reduced inflammation, the synbiotic — combining fermented kefir with a diverse prebiotic fiber mix — had the most powerful and wide-ranging ...

The footage was captured by a camera operated by the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre, which studies life in some of the ...

By 24 weeks, LDL levels fell by about 57% in the enlicitide group while inching up slightly in the placebo group. The pill also lowered other blood markers tied to risk, including non-HDL cholesterol, ...

To sort the earliest branches of the dinosaur family tree, paleontologists compare skeletons piece by piece. They build evolutionary trees from hundreds of anatomical traits—hip sockets, vertebrae, ...

In humans, chronic high blood pressure forces the heart to work too hard. The muscle of the left ventricle thickens in defense, a condition called hypertrophy. Eventually, this leads to fibrosis, ...