Sometimes science can be painfully slow. Data comes in dribs and drabs, truth trickles, and veracity proves viscous. The ...

A surprising flu experiment shows that good airflow and fewer coughs can stop the virus from spreading, even up close.

A new study links brain timing to body ownership, showing how alpha waves affect whether sight and touch feel self-related.

Deep under the Black Hills, the United States is turning a historic gold mine into what is effectively a colossal ...

A new study from the University at Buffalo examines this issue, with findings showing that one cigarette filter can release ...

A new study warns that a widely used eye ointment can damage a popular glaucoma implant. Researchers found that oil-based ...

What if you could quickly make gallons of clean water wherever you are? The LifeStraw Escape gives you that option. Reminiscent of a sidelines water cooler, this high-capacity water filter virtually ...

Melitta Bentz invented the paper coffee filter in her kitchen, revolutionising filtration methods. Her discovery highlights ...

A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly ...

Underground environments like soil and aquifers teem with microbial life. These tiny microbes play a big role in cycling ...

You can't see, feel, hear, taste or smell them, but tiny particles from space are constantly raining down on us.

Spencer Axani, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is the inventor of CosmicWatch, a portable, ...