When large numbers of gray whales began washing up along North America's Pacific Coast nearly six years ago‚ marine scientists could only speculate on the reason: Was it disease? Ocean pollution? Increasing ship collisions?

You've probably seen nature depicted in art‚ but how often do you see an artwork hiding in nature?

Vanderbilt biochemists are part of a team taking a stride toward the development of antibacterials to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infections‚ a pervasive bacterial infection that affects 50%–60% of women in their lifetime.

Spotted hyenas are known for hunting (or scavenging) larger mammals such as antelopes and occasionally feed on smaller mammals and reptiles. Being flexible in the choice of prey is a strategy of generalists—and this even extends to small passerine birds‚ as scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) and the University of Ljubljana observed in Namibia.

How much fuel can we add to the fire while still maintaining control? Metaphorically speaking‚ that's the question one team at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has been asking themselves lately.

Iron screws and other so-called ferromagnetic materials are made up of atoms with electrons that act like little magnets. Normally‚ the orientations of the magnets are aligned within one region of the material but are not aligned from one region to the next. Think of packs of tourists in Times Square pointing to different billboards all around them. But when a magnetic field is applied‚ the orientations of the magnets‚ or spins‚ in the different regions line up and the material becomes fully magnetized. This would be like the packs of tourists all turning to point at the same sign.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently published the results of a first-of-its-kind study investigating the links between gene expression and brain evolution across 18 primate species.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday pleaded with House Speaker Mike Johnson‚ R-La.‚ for aid in his country's war against Russia‚ posting on X that the key in Congress "is to keep the issue of aid to Ukraine as a unifying factor."

The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade‚ according to a new government report. Forty states reported an increase in TB‚ and rates were up among all age groups‚ the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. More than 9‚600...

The United States will partner with Mexico to explore semiconductor supply chain opportunities‚ the State Department said on Thursday‚ as the Biden administration pushes to reduce reliance on China and Taiwan for the technology. The collaboration will take place as part of...