Nanocrystal conductors should lead to massive, robust 3-D storage

Microbes could soon be used to convert metallic wastes into high-value catalysts for generating clean energy, say scientists writing in the September issue

Any driver who's seen deer silhouetted by the headlights of an oncoming car knows that vital information can be conveyed by the outlines of objects

Earth today is one of the most active planets in the Solar System, and was probably even more so during the early stages of its life

Observations made with NASA's newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope of a nearby supernova are allowing astronomers to measure the velocity and composition of "star guts" being ejected into space

A chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Nubians shows that they were regularly consuming tetracycline, most likely in their beer

Ants are not out of their weight class when defending trees from the appetite of nature's heavyweight, the African elephant, a new University of Florida study finds

One of the big, unsolved problems in explaining how life arose on Earth is a chicken-and-egg paradox

The Greenland and West Antarctic ice caps are melting at half the speed previously predicted, according to analysis of recent satellite data

Widespread reports of a decline in the population of bees and other flower-visiting animals have aroused fear and speculation that pollination is also likely on the decline