A study in which dancers wore electroencephalogram (EEG) caps or devices that measure brain electrical activity suggests that ...

For years, scientists have warned us about the invisible menace of microplastics and nanoplastics, tiny shards of our ...

They even react to gravity’s pull. Roots go downward, and shoots move upward, guided by tiny grains in their cells called ...

UW researchers developed a system called VueBuds that uses tiny cameras in off-the-shelf wireless earbuds to allow users to ...

Until now, we have assumed that intelligence is based on both the father’s and the mother’s genes. However, according to a new study, intelligence depends on a mother’s X chromosome. Intelligence ...

Myelin is a sheath around the nerves made by certain brain cells called oligodendrocytes. These cells arise from progenitor ...

Cosmic rays are primarily composed of protons, but also of helium, carbon, oxygen, and iron nuclei. © Chinese Academy of ...

Quantum mechanics is a kind of hard limit: certain pairs of properties, such as position and momentum, cannot be known ...

This artist’s impression compares the semi-heavy water content of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (left) and Earth (right).

Around stars like our Sun, the most common planets aren't giant Jupiters but smaller cousins: sub‑Neptunes, which resemble ...

Spacetime, the invisible fabric stitching the universe together, could actually be far more complex than previously believed.