Data confirm model in which impact pulverizes Earth like a sledgehammer hitting a watermelon

Limiting weight gain could help to reduce risk of these cancers

New protein process in E. coli could lead to more efficient options for 'tiniest of factories'

Engineers develop novel hybrid nanomaterials to transform water

Hot, rocky planets may change their composition if rock components vaporize in steam atmospheres that escape to space

Newly-discovered strategy allows bacterium to survive exposure to oxygen, when light could otherwise harm it

Study is first to show how to mobilize native phosphorus in the soil using zinc oxide nanoparticles over the life cycle of the plant, from seed to harvest

Calcium and phosphate work together chemically to immobilize uranium

Model mimics aspects of infection in people

Mouse study shows the sugar trehalose triggers liver cells to clean up their excess fat

School of Medicine research lays groundwork for diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccine

Heart disease, diabetes, stroke, autism, and epilepsy are focus of research supported by National Institutes of Health

Rover finds volcanic rocks unlike those returned by Apollo and Luna missions, tantalizing clues to the period of lunar volcanism

The investigators analyzed genetic information from more than 4,000 cancer cases included in The Cancer Genome Atlas project,

Team uses inspiration from solar cells to boost nutritional value of plants