A massive breakthrough in the fight against the Zika virus was made by Emory University School of Medicine who recently...

I wish these were around during my first computer science course.

Research showed flowers, and plants in general, generate an electric field and bumblebees can sense it with their tiny hairs.

Now, the cat is both dead and alive and sits in two boxes -- all at the same time. Here...

Take that, terrorists!

Daniel G. Nocera, the Harvard professor who made headlines five years ago when he unveiled an artificial leaf, recently unveiled...

A study of 84 reefs along the Great Barrier Reef revealed one-third of the coral reefs of the central and...

Rats can't vomit and it's pretty surprising.

Swirling patterns in the ice of Mars' North Pole suggest the planet is emerging out of a long ice age...

Archimedes was the greatest mathematician of his age.

Some might be surprised to learn that the country's entire nuclear arsenal is still programmed on floppy disks, and army...

The induction motor is one of the most important inventions in modern history.

In vacuum, light always travels at a constant speed of 299,792,458 metres per second. Nothing can travel faster than this...

A decade-long study of thousands of Americans has found direct evidence of how air pollution causes heart disease. The link...

It's the largest any human has come across.

The analysis suggests some supermassive black holes, which lie at the heart of virtually any galaxy, turn their host galaxies...

Stanford researchers fired extremely bright flashes of light from the world's most powerful X-ray laser onto droplets of liquid. These...

According to a 179-page report released by the U.N., biodegradable plastics degrade far too slow in the oceans, voiding any...

At the heart of virtually every galaxy, including the Milky Way, is a supermassive blackhole that's anywhere from hundreds of...

Almost all doctors we've spoken to advise against "internet diagnoses", and this infographic is telling in this respect.

Using energy from the sun, researchers converted seawater into hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) -- a fuel that can be used in...

A joint venture between US Department of Defense and Australian Defence Science and Technology Organization launched a rocket to a...

Every summer, turtle hatchlings have to quickly dig up the sand of their nests and start a perilous journey towards...

Discover the fascinating world of quicksand but also learn how to break free from it.

In the past decade, ice extent at the two poles couldn't be more different. The Arctic has seen its 13...

One Japanese startup is planning one hell of a fireworks show for the official opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic...

ZME Science has reported extensively on how 3-D printing is being implemented in the medical sector with some fantastic results....

All living things, from polar bears to bacteria, become more active or slow down their metabolism over a 24-hour cycle....

Harvard roboticists made an insect-like flying robot that perches on ceilings to save energy, like bats, birds or butterflies.

When self-driving cars finally take off, these should be safe. But right now, there's no guarantee they are. A small...

Portugal covered its citizens' and industry's electricity demand using power generated by wind, solar and hydro for an extraordinary 107...

Random numbers are essential for cryptography and computer security. The problem is that algorithms don't really generate totally random numbers.

Paleontologists have discovered two new triceratops relatives that simply looked amazing. One had two forward-curving spikes running from the back...

Researchers have sequenced the genomes of the tallest mammal on Earth, as well as it's unlikely closest cousin, the okapi....

Few drugs have had a more undeserving bad rep as LSD, but acid is finally making a comeback, it seems.

Lazy physicists from Australia programmed an artificial intelligence system to maneuver a delicate experiment with little to no oversight. The...

. Perhaps the most impressive feature of spider silk is that it's taut even when it's been stretched to several...

A team from IBM Research dramatically increased the storage capacity of an alternative memory structure called phase-change memory (PCM) to...

Harvard researchers have demonstrated an all new 3-D printing technique that creates metals objects with complex shapes right in mid-air....

By analyzing telltale chemical signs which marked the environment, like led isotopes, a team of researchers tracked the water quality...

Paleontologists have identified an ancient hyena-like canine that occupied eastern North America approximately 12 million years ago. The coyote-sized dog...

Despite these tentative first steps definitely look like a work in progress, don't look so stunned when you'll learn about...

Using a chemical technique, researchers removed the complex organic polymers that give wood its characteristic appearance and, in the process,...

A man recovering from penile cancer is the first American citizen to receive a penis transplant. The operation, a first...

In almost all mammals, the babies develop inside the mother before they are born, a process we all know as...

We've gone a long way since simple keys and locks. Things like digital encryption or biometric validation methods based on...

It was bound to happen. This week, Jared Overton, a Tesla Motors Model S owner, reported his car spontaneously started...

Even though they're genetically identical and live in the same environment, not all bacteria are the same. When times are...

A team from Monash University, Australia, and Imperial College, U.K., found the oldest micrometeorites ever and by studying them could...