Random fluctuations in the intensity and energy of X-ray lasers have been harnessed for high-resolution spectroscopy.

Soil samples from the far side of the Moon provide clues about the origin of lunar asymmetry.

A landmark field study reveals widespread pollution of the Atlantic Ocean by nanoscale plastic debris.

Fossil data of a modern bird's development reveal that wrist evolution preceded bird origins.

A powerful strategy to treat cancer is to harness the immune system.

If this layer is broken, movement of the gases ethylene and oxygen triggers a healing process.

Predation experiments using models of edible flies and stinging wasps provide some answers to a long-standing evolutionary puzzle in mimicry research.

Measurements with confined photons challenge a prediction that particles that ‘quantum tunnel’ into infinitely long barriers will get stuck.

Most sexually reproducing species have an even chromosome copy number, but the dog rose does not. What explains its unusual pattern of chromosome inheritance?.

Neurons often receive mitochondria from other cells, supporting cancer cell spread.

Experiments in which systems of interacting electrons are split apart reveal the signatures of a liquid-like state — even for as few as three electrons.

There's an intimate relationship between computer-vision research and surveillance applications created for the military, the police and profit-driven corporations.

This innovative approach converts eight commonly used plastics to their original chemical building blocks.

Locusts were one of the ten Plagues of Egypt described in the Bible and are still a serious threat to agriculture today.

Ecological modelling reveals that the range of habitats humans occupied in Africa increased before our species established a lasting presence outside the continent.

Trauma leaves traces in the brain.

Whether early human societies were organized around maternal or paternal descent remains a central, yet unresolved, question in archaeology and anthropology.

A process has been developed to break down carbon-reinforced polymers, potentially enabling the recycling of these materials at scale.

Most pixels in cameras detect only red, green or blue light. A sensor made from perovskite materials absorbs all three, improving image brightness and resolution.

Why was the Royal Greenwich Observatory chosen as zero degrees longitude?.