Researchers have developed a sponge-like material with long, microscopic air pockets that uses sunlight and a simple plastic ...

Cells depend on the precise reading of DNA sequences to function correctly. This process, known as gene expression, ...

Heat waves are primarily caused by high-pressure systems that push warm air down onto an area and hold it there. During heat ...

A research team from Penn State has broken a 165-year-old law of thermal radiation with unprecedented strength, setting the ...

Image sensors are built into every smartphone and every digital camera. They distinguish colors in a similar way to the human eye. In our retinas, individual cone cells recognize red, green and blue ...

The Des Moines area’s first-ever lawn watering ban helps Central Iowa Water Works keep up with nitrate removal to provide ...

A research team from the Institute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-3) at Forschungszentrum Jülich, working with ...

Scientists have long used fluorescent dyes—which emit light—to research cell structures and activities. By attaching fluorescent molecules to a ...

Image sensors are built into every smartphone and every digital camera. They distinguish colors in a similar way to the human eye. In our retinas, individual cone cells recognize red, green and blue ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...

Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached ...