Boron, though required only in minimal amounts, is vital for plant development. It strengthens cell walls and supports the ...

Picture a living cell as if it were a city. If you were the urban planner for this (very little, very alive) city, one of the ...

A research team led by Prof. Pang Shaojun from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS), along ...

Co-packaged optics (CPO) technology can integrate photonic integrated circuits (PICs) with electronic integrated circuits ...

Methane emissions from Canada's non-producing oil and gas wells appear to be seven times higher than government estimates, ...

Antarctica could see a doubling of extreme weather events—such as atmospheric rivers—by 2100, with implications for future ...

Dust particles thrown up from deserts such as the Sahara and Gobi are playing a previously unknown role in air pollution, a ...

Deep sea sediments contain treasure troves of information about marine ecosystems and past climate scenarios, yet remain ...

When Victoria Glynn came to Panama to study the effects of extreme ocean temperatures on coral reefs at the Smithsonian ...

Sarin (isopropyl methyl fluorophosphonate) is an organophosphorus nerve agent regulated by the Convention on the Banning of ...

Impossible" films, superspy Ethan Hunt—played by Tom Cruise—gets orders from his superiors on various devices that ...

Once in a while, scientific research resembles detective work. Researchers head into the field with a hypothesis and high ...