The technology could be used to send probes across interstellar space to other star systems.

Researchers at UC Merced are using wastewater samples to measure nicotine use across parts of the Central Valley.

After a lengthy absence, all four seasons of "Heroes" are back on Netflix. The superhero drama arrived during the 2000s boom ...

A best-yet measurement of one of general relativity’s most mind-boggling effects is “another feather in Einstein’s cap” ...

Some 40 years ago, physicists noticed certain metals were conducting electricity in a bizarre way no one could explain. New ...

This cell-like structure can grow, feed, divide and compete. Researchers ponder what it means for the future of synthetic ...

The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...

What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to ...

A star called TOI-2155 lies around 1,350 light-years (839 trillion miles) from Earth. It is a little bigger, heavier and ...

Debates over the presence of microplastics in the human body highlight the challenge of studying something simultaneously ...