Oak Ridge scientists develop a method to convert polyethylene waste into gasoline and diesel-like fuels using molten salts at ...

Artificial-intelligence systems can generate hypotheses, design experiments and analyse data — but humans still need to decide what makes sense.

A.I. is already a powerful tool for scientific discovery. Now, some biomedical researchers are teaching it to do even more.

Scientists can now get more accurate safety data by testing drugs on organ-on-a-chip devices and organoids, meaning that ...

MIT researchers have developed a robotic laboratory that can independently assemble and align optics experiments. In a ...

Scientists may have discovered one reason the brain damage associated with Alzheimer’s disease can keep getting worse once it ...

The particle accelerator at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland, used to carry out the experiments. (Markus ...

Scientists have found a new way to create a controlled beam of muonium, an exotic atom containing a heavier cousin of the electron. The advance could allow researchers to test for the first time ...

And yes, the human neurons worked inside the mouse brain. The transplanted tissue became part of the animals’ nervous system, ...

For years, ecologists have used soft plasticine models shaped like caterpillars, fruit, bird eggs, snakes and frogs to study interactions between predators and their potential prey. The idea is simple ...

Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR ...

(Maria Korneeva/Moment/Getty Images) We all know we should be eating healthy foods. The science is clear. We know there are huge benefits if we make healthy food choices, and we've been told many ...