The famous double-slit experiment brings into question the very nature of matter. Its cousin, the quantum eraser experiment, makes us question the very existence of time – and how much we can manipulate it

Scientists at Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) have made a major discovery about cancer cells. This new understanding could help make chemotherapy work better, reduce side effects, and lead ...

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new study based on analyses of the genomes of 28 people who lived between 10,200 ...

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction.

Want to learn more quickly, and retain more of what you learn? Neuroscience says boosting your memory is relatively easy.

Nature Biotechnology - Single-molecule chromatin fiber sequencing exposes single-cell-level heterogeneity in the chromatin architecture of individual regulatory elements.

Mathematics is the cornerstone of science, technology, and money. It comprises branches like Calculus and Algebra, encouraging creativity and developing critical, logical problem-solving skills.

Huge "regreening" efforts in China over the past few decades have activated the country's water cycle and moved water in ways that scientists are just now starting to understand.

Macrolactones—large ring lactones—are core components of many natural products and pharmaceutical agents. Traditional synthetic routes rely on seco acids activated with condensing reagents, often ...

Well, here's something you don't see every day: all 2.75 billion buildings of the world shown together in a single 3D map.

After two decades in the making, scientists have cracked the code on a drug that can repair DNA, setting the scene for a new class of therapeutics that can fix tissue damage that occurs through heart attack, inflammatory disease and other conditions.

Temporarily shutting down a "lazy eye" triggers a burst of neuronal activity that reverses the condition in animal experiments, a study shows.

Always Have a Book With You I read somewhere that authors are voracious readers. I would imagine so. When I read, I also feel the urge to create something of my own. Likewise, I don’t think I’ve ev…

Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in school, where we learn about its use in the context of a circle. More recently, ...

You read a chapter, feel super confident, and then the next morning you can’t remember even half of what you studied. We’ve all had that moment of panic when a question pops up in the exam and your brain behaves like it has never seen those words before.…

"An early but exciting step toward recharging aging tissues."

Creatine is a compound made from three amino acids that's found naturally in the body. People use creatine supplements to help improve muscle mass and exercise performance.

While many Ukrainian hospitals are struggling to cope with the endless influx of wounded, a maternity ward in the western town of Hoshcha lies eerily deserted.

All cells need to sense and respond to their environment, to know when to activate genes, build proteins, and carry out their basic functions. One of the most well-studied cellular responses is how they ...

Cycling represents one of the most energy-efficient forms of transport ever invented