Most of us recognize basic phases of matter and their properties: solids maintain their shape, liquids flow freely with ...

Nearly 300,000 people may live in areas at risk of flooding in the Nepalese, Indian and Chinese areas of the Himalayas. The ...

Powerful waves thrashed communities along California's southern coast Friday, damaging homes and sending water cascading ...

From coral reefs in Papua New Guinea to chimpanzees in West Africa, grizzly bears in Canada and albatross colonies off ...

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake jolted Panama on Friday, setting off panic in the capital city and warnings of dangerous tsunami ...

The largest city in the Brazilian Amazon, Manaus, closed public schools on Friday as smoke from hundreds of wildfires ...

Oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) is a chemical reaction that directly converts methane and oxygen, the main components of ...

Every black hole hides a question at its center. Einstein's theory predicts that whatever falls in is crushed into a ...

Mountains preserve evidence of ancient oceans, moving continents and tectonic processes that have shaped Earth over millions ...

NASA has taken the next step in the process of developing a new all-glass telescope for the LISA (Laser Interferometer Space ...

A novel nanovesicle-based platform developed at Institute of Science Tokyo can measure hydrostatic pressure by converting ...

Drought is written into trees, appearing as narrow bands in their annual growth rings. But aspen may go farther, creating ...