Science & Technology

Biophysicists have designed a new cell-like transport system that represents an important milestone on the road to artificial cells.

As cities are densified at a fast pace, there is now construction very close to roads and thoroughfares. It is already known that noise can have a negative impact on human health, but new research shows that as little as 40 decibels of traffic noise –…

New evidence for the presence of ancient lakes in some of the most arid regions of South Africa suggests that Stone Age humans may have been more widespread across the continent than previously thought.

Researchers have identified engravings in Jordan and Saudi Arabia as the oldest known scaled building plans in human history.

The drug valbenazine statistically improves chorea, a movement disorder commonly associated with Huntington’s disease, when compared to a placebo.

A new study found that as woody plants like shrubs and trees replace herbaceous plants like grasses, spot fires can occur farther away from the original fire perimeter.

Evolution is a sequence of design changes happening on their own in a discernible direction; it never weds itself to a single point on a drawing board. An evolving system or animal is free to simply go with what works. Not so much that its performance …

Conservationists have argued that the presence of wolves and other apex predators, so named because they have no known predators aside from people, can help keep smaller predator species in check. New research shows that in Washington state, the presen…

An unexpected discovery about temperature feedback has led to new bionic technology that allows amputees to sense the temperature of objects ¬– both hot and cold — directly in the phantom hand. The technology opens up new avenues for non-invasive pro…