Pollen, algae, insects, radiolarians – each unique microfossil holds clues to how Earth has changed over millions of years.

How do photosynthetic organisms harvest light so efficiently? To help answer this question, researchers have developed an ultrafast transient absorption microscope with sensitivity approaching the ...

Anyone who has ever used a microscope knows that it takes time to bring a sample into sharp focus. Each time you move the ...

A single-celled organism provides an excellent metaphor for what quantum mechanics says about the world. Robert P Crease and ...

Scientists knew the stingers and pincers of these arachnids generally contained metals, but a new Smithsonian-led study maps ...

Researchers at the University of Washington cracked open 178 cans of salmon — some sitting on shelves since 1979 — and carefully dissected the preserved fillets. What they found inside were tiny ...

A two-and-a-half-year-old mystery of a "golden orb" found on the ocean floor has finally been solved. It all started when ...

He’s not a sleeper cell agent embedded deep within the NBA officiating crew with the singular goal of helping the Thunder ...

Although many studies approach the developmental disorder Rett syndrome as a single condition arising from general loss of ...

This valuable study reports a spatiotemporal atlas of mouse placental development and explores the role of glycogen trophoblast cells in fetal viability. Solid data are presented to support the main ...

A wave of new research and conferences is spotlighting how artificial intelligence is transforming medical education, from anatomy and physiology to personalized learning platforms. Studies show AI ...

Scientists are debating the classification of threatened mollusks that an Indigenous community relies on for their way of ...