For the first time in waters surrounding New York City, the beckoning calls of endangered fin, humpback and North Atlantic right whales have been recorded, according to experts from the Bioacoustics Research Program.

Scientists at Durham University have found the "missing link" between small and super-massive black holes.

Work moving forward to reduce emissions in diesel engines, develop a computer model of a gasoline engine and optimize new engine technologies. The results could be cleaner, more efficient engines in our cars and trucks.

Vital components of modern medicine such as major surgery, organ transplantation, and cancer chemotherapy will be threatened if antibiotic resistance is not tackled urgently, warn experts on bmj.com.

Following independent paths of investigation, two research teams are announcing this month that they have successfully converted sugar-potentially derived from agricultural waste and non-food plants-into gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.

A new Bluetooth system designed primarily for blind people places a layer of information technology over the real world to tell pedestrians about points of interest along their path as they pass them.

Walnut trees respond to stress by producing significant amounts of a chemical form of aspirin, scientists have discovered.

A new iguana has been discovered in the central regions of Fiji. The colorful new species, named Brachylophus bulabula, joins only two other living Pacific iguana species, one of which is critically endangered.

It may be possible to dramatically reduce the radioactive waste isolation time -- from several million years to as little as 300 - 500 years.

A team of physicists has created the “quantum stabilized atom mirror,” the smoothest surface ever, according to a recent article in Advanced Materials.