Emojis, as well as memes and other forms of short-form content, have become central to how we express ourselves and connect ...

New results published in the journal Physical Review Letters detail how a specially designed metamaterial was able to tip the ...

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, turns 90 this week—a milestone that's reigniting speculation over his eventual successor.

The number of tourists heading to Antarctica has been skyrocketing. From fewer than 8,000 a year about three decades ago, ...

Mitochondria are the body's "energy factories," and their proper function is essential for life. Inside mitochondria, a set ...

Trinity College Dublin now has Ireland's first and only BioBrillouin microscope, which will enable researchers to make giant ...

Each time a cell divides, a small section of each chromosome's protective cap—the telomere—is worn away. Most cells use an ...

I've always been fascinated by how materials break down, especially glasses and polymers that don't have a regular crystal ...

China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main ...

Ahh, summer, a time of vacations at the beach or mountains—and sky-high electricity bills as your air conditioner labors ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...