Food scientist Lili He and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report that they have developed a new, rapid and low-cost method for detecting bacteria in water or a food sample

The new findings demonstrated an increase in the rate at which the material conducts protons when it is simply illuminated with sunlight

Scientists have successfully used an inhibitor of the chemical 20-HETE to control the growth and spread of human glioblastomas and breast cancer in laboratory models

Tiny crystals that form deep in volcanoes may be the key for advance warnings before volcanic eruptions

Scientists are trying to take the pliable nature of plastic in another direction, developing new and renewable ways of creating plastics from biomass

Columbia biomedical engineers design a new, biomaterials-based system that takes a soft approach to improving cell manufacturing and may bring new hope to cancer patients for T-cell therapy

A research consortium has been formed to test the limits of one of the core principles of quantum mechanics

Scientists used high-tech tools to more precisely view where cleared sites were and how much lasting impact they had on the rainforest in the Amazon Basin in South America

By the year 2050, current greenhouse capabilities will likely be unable to keep up with worldwide human consumption, making an increase in productivity an urgent mandate

New concept offers low-cost, pollution-free, and sustainable approach to fixing concrete

The millimeter-scale robot opens new avenues for microsurgery, microassembly, and micromanipulation

Surfaces inspired by carnivorous plants delay degradation by marine fouling