University of Washington won first prize in the scientific software division of Les Trophées du Libre, an international competition for free software.

A new species of bacteria discovered living in one of the most extreme environments on Earth could yield a tool in the fight against global warming.

Although most scientists believe tuberculosis emerged only several thousand years ago, new research reveals the most ancient evidence of the disease has been found in a 500,000-year-old human fossil from Turkey.

Device intended to chemically “reenergize” carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using concentrated solar power. The carbon monoxide could then be used to make hydrogen or serve as a building block to synthesize a liquid combustible fuel, such as methanol.

For people in five regions of the United States, their choice of where to live may significantly impact longevity.

Two engineers at UC Riverside are part of a binational team that has found semiconducting nanotubes produced by living bacteria -- a discovery that could help in the creation of a new generation of nanoelectronic devices.

New findings provide evidence that people who eat a lot of red and processed meats have greater risk of developing bowel and lung cancer than people who eat small quantities.

The Voyager 2 spacecraft's Plasma Science instrument, developed at MIT in the 1970s, has turned up surprising revelations about the boundary zone that marks the edge of the sun's influence in space.

A new genus and species of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic has been discovered in Antarctica. The massive sauropodomorph is called Glacialisaurus hammeri and lived about 190 million years ago.

An underwater archaeology team from Indiana University announced today (Dec. 13) the discovery of the remnants of scandalous 17th century pirate Captain Kidd's Quedagh Merchant. The researchers race to make the announcement to protect the site from looter