A landmark survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has revealed the once endangered species is thriving and stable in the Seychelles. Giant tortoises found on the Aldabra ...

A team of scientists, including researchers at Penn State, is using diffusion — the same artificial intelligence technique ...

It was the critical breakthrough on the path to a new class of atomic clock. Some two and a half years ago, Ekkehard Peik and Thorsten Schumm achieved the world’s first ever laser excitation of an ...

Sometimes you can solve a mystery with a fish but not a mouse. Sometimes you can see a biochemical process happening, but you can’t study it in detail until you identify the underlying players.

Reconstruction of the extinct Herugavialis cairensis with the Great Sphinx and pyramids depicted in the background. Artwork by Karim Zanaty. A new species of extinct crocodile from Egypt has been ...

Mitochondria are small organelles within cells that play a central role in vital cellular processes, especially energy production. Mitochondria contain their own DNA molecules (mtDNA) that are ...

DNA analyses of ancient remains have revealed a previously unknown extinct bovine species that inhabited southern Siberia during and even before the last Ice Age. The extinct species was related to ...

An international multidisciplinary group of 31 experts has updated consensus recommendations to guide the use of CAR T-cell therapy in patients with severe, treatment-refractory autoimmune diseases.

New findings show how plasma-derived medicines support people living with a range of health conditions, with 69% noticing a change in their health – or the health of someone they care for – within a ...