A powerful new electromagnetic thruster has taken a major step forward after a successful high-energy test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fueled by lithium vapor and driven by intense magnetic ...

A short burst of immunotherapy before surgery is delivering surprisingly powerful results for a specific type of colorectal ...

A major 10-year clinical trial is turning one of the world’s most common knee surgeries on its head. Researchers found that ...

Penn researchers have developed a smarter AI method for solving notoriously difficult inverse equations, which help ...

A forgotten fossil hidden inside a garden wall has turned out to be one of Australia’s most remarkable prehistoric discoveries. Scientists have now identified the 240-million-year-old amphibian, ...

A chaotic sleep schedule in your 40s might be quietly setting the stage for heart trouble later. Researchers tracking thousands of people for over a decade found that those with highly inconsistent ...

Oak trees have a surprising trick to fight back against hungry caterpillars: they simply wait. When trees are heavily ...

MIT neuroscientists have uncovered a surprising secret hidden in the adult brain: millions of “silent synapses,” dormant ...

A scorching, airless world just 48 light-years away is offering scientists a rare glimpse into the geology of distant planets ...

Astronomers have spotted something surprising in the far outer Solar System—a faint, short-lived atmosphere clinging to a ...

Scientists have developed a breakthrough injectable biomaterial that travels through the bloodstream to repair damaged tissue ...

GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are often celebrated as game-changing solutions—but new research reveals a ...