A landmark survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has revealed the once endangered species is thriving and stable in the Seychelles. Giant tortoises found on the Aldabra ...

A team of scientists, including researchers at Penn State, is using diffusion — the same artificial intelligence technique ...

For decades, researchers around the world had been working towards this goal – and now major advances are following in rapid succession. Vienna is now home to the world’s first nuclear clock that ...

WASHINGTON — The 2023-24 El Niño brought simultaneous extreme heat and drought to 75% of tropical forests for months on end. Now, a new study indicates that those conditions may have been a preview of ...

Reconstruction of the extinct Herugavialis cairensis with the Great Sphinx and pyramids depicted in the background. Artwork by Karim Zanaty. A new species of extinct crocodile from Egypt has been ...

DNA analyses of ancient remains have revealed a previously unknown extinct bovine species that inhabited southern Siberia during and even before the last Ice Age. The extinct species was related to ...

Mitochondria are small organelles within cells that play a central role in vital cellular processes, especially energy production. Mitochondria contain their own DNA molecules (mtDNA) that are ...

For more than 70 years, fusion energy researchers have used a particular equation to judge whether a plasma would stay hot and dense enough — for long enough — to reach a point where it could sustain ...

An international multidisciplinary group of 31 experts has updated consensus recommendations to guide the use of CAR T-cell therapy in patients with severe, treatment-refractory autoimmune diseases.

A research team led by Associate Professor Yohei Funakoshi, Associate Professor Kimikazu Yakushijin, and Professor Hironobu Minami of the Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology at Kobe University ...

Scientists have confirmed that numerous burials clustered around First Dynasty tombs in Abydos, Egypt, reveal the sacrifice of royal household members after the death of kings. These graves were ...