While it's unlikely the mutation will lead to widespread resistance around the world, it could become a problem among family members in close proximity, and in facilities like hospitals and nursing homes

Increasing concerns among scientists over science becoming partisan are not reflected in recent GSS polls

Scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison reveal the dizzying complexity found in bottles of beer, wine, and cider

Recent research finds that the most recent field reversal, some 770,000 years ago, took at least 22,000 years to complete

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have devised a method to create pieces of "smart" glass that can recognize images without requiring any sensors or circuits or power sources

A research team has been awarded a patent for a method to synthesize acetaminophen—the active ingredient in Tylenol—from a natural compound derived from plant material

What happens when Yellowstone —adapted to recurring fires every 100 to 300 years—instead burns twice in fewer than 30 years?

More complex applications could be developed if 3D printers could use different materials and create multi-material parts

Horseshoe crabs were thought to be ancestors of the arachnids, but molecular sequence data have always been sparse enough to cast doubt

Researchers describe two simultaneous outbreaks of respiratory illness in chimpanzees in the wild

The technique, known as Mobile-CRISPRi, allows scientists to screen for antibiotic function in a wide range of pathogenic bacteria

New battery-free, easily implantable weight-loss devices could offer a promising new weapon for battling the bulge