A six-month study suggests that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) may offer older adults a powerful advantage: losing body fat while keeping their muscle. Unlike moderate-intensity workouts, ...

Scientists have demonstrated a remarkable new antenna that resembles a lightsaber, using a laser to create a tunable beam of plasma capable of transmitting radio waves. The technology could ...

Depression may not be one biological condition, but several distinct patterns of brain activity hiding under the same ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden world of “in-between” materials that briefly form as chemical ingredients are heated, ...

Nearly a century after physicist Hans Bethe predicted them, scientists have created and directly observed unusual quantum ...

A strange chemical signature in old Hubble observations may point to a planet that formed after its star had already died. Astronomers found unusually high levels of niobium around the white dwarf HS ...

A Canadian radio telescope has detected the faint glow of hydrogen from billions of years ago using only its own observations, proving a long-awaited way to map the distant universe can actually work.

Researchers have uncovered a new way bacteria detect viral attacks: a virus-produced enzyme cuts a bacterial sensor protein, triggering a self-destructing immune response. The discovery could lead to ...

Not all vitamin D supplements are created equal, and new research suggests that one popular form may have an unexpected ...

Researchers at Yale have identified a promising new approach to osteoarthritis that could do more than simply ease pain. The epilepsy drug lacosamide appears to block a protein involved in both pain ...

NASA is preparing for humanity’s first Moon base with three investigations that will hunt for underground shelters, uncover ...

October’s skies are packed with celestial surprises, from Jupiter disappearing behind the Moon to two meteor showers lighting up the darkness. NASA highlights four must-see events, including shooting ...