Fusion promises an extraordinary combination: vast energy from abundant fuels, no carbon emissions during operation and a fundamentally different risk profile from conventional nuclear fission. Yet af...
For patients with severe organ damage, modern medicine often has only a few options: drugs, surgery, mechanical support or transplantation. But a rapidly developing field is pursuing a different idea�...
The ocean is home to an astonishing diversity of organisms, many of which survive using chemicals found nowhere else on Earth. Scientists are increasingly investigating these compounds for their poten...
With every descent into the deep ocean, researchers seem to encounter another creature that looks as though it belongs on an alien planet. From transparent predators and glowing fish to animals with b...
More than half of our planet is covered by ocean, yet enormous parts of the deep sea remain poorly explored. As robotic submarines, advanced sonar, autonomous vehicles and new sensing technologies pus...
Finding a living microorganism on Mars would not look like a Hollywood alien invasion. It might begin with a tiny signal inside a rock, a strange chemical pattern or a microscopic structure. Yet if sc...
The next major medical breakthrough may not begin with a scientist staring through a microscope.
It may begin with a computer screen.
An artificial intelligence system proposes a molecule.
An...
There are some questions that seem almost too large for any telescope to answer.
What exactly is dark energy?
What is dark matter made of?
How did galaxies evolve into the enormous structures...
For generations, aging was treated as a one-way biological process: cells accumulated damage, organs gradually lost function and the clock kept moving. But a growing body of research is challenging th...
For centuries, aging has been treated as an unavoidable part of life. But modern researchers are increasingly asking a more provocative question: what if some aspects of aging are not permanent? From ...
Artificial intelligence can write essays, recognize faces, generate images, translate languages and solve problems that once seemed uniquely human.
It can even imitate aspects of human conversation...
For most of human history, biology was an observational science.
Scientists discovered organisms.
They classified them.
They examined cells under microscopes.
They sequenced genomes.
Th...
In a development that could significantly reshape the treatment of neurological injuries, scientists have discovered a new method that may allow human nerve cells to regenerate after damage. The break...
The center of our galaxy has long fascinated astronomers. Hidden behind dense clouds of gas and dust, the heart of the Milky Way is a chaotic region filled with stars, magnetic fields, and one of the ...
In recent years, scientists have increasingly warned that tiny plastic particles known as microplastics are spreading throughout the environment. These particles have been found in oceans, rivers, soi...
In the rapidly expanding world of beauty and wellness, collagen supplements have become one of the most talked-about products promising youthful skin. From powders mixed into smoothies to capsules and...
The Moon is entering a new phase of exploration. Governments and private companies are planning missions that could do more than collect rocks and conduct experiments. They could test technologies for...
For decades, the Moon was treated largely as a scientific destination—a place to study, visit and photograph. That view is changing. Scientists and space agencies are investigating lunar water ice, ...
For decades, nuclear fusion has carried the reputation of being the ultimate promise of clean energy: abundant fuel, enormous power and far less long-lived radioactive waste than conventional nuclear ...
For centuries, humans discovered materials by experimenting, copying nature and gradually refining familiar ideas. Artificial intelligence is changing that process. Instead of asking researchers to ch...
Materials have traditionally been designed to be strong, light, flexible, conductive or heat-resistant. But a new generation of engineered materials is challenging those familiar categories. Scientist...
Computers have moved from rooms to desks, pockets and even watches. The next transformation could make computing almost invisible. Researchers are developing networks of extremely small sensors—ofte...
Tiny machines navigating through the human body sound like science fiction, but researchers are already developing microrobots and nanoscale systems that can move, sense their surroundings and interac...
Robots are getting smaller—and scientists are approaching a scale where machines can be measured in micrometers rather than centimeters. These microscopic systems could one day navigate inside the h...