Study at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source shows why skin is resistant to tearing.

A team of Clarkson University researchers is studying the possible links between reported hauntings and indoor air quality.

Johns Hopkins environmental scientists are collaborating with researchers from Dolphin Island at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore, to learn more about how and where mercury accumulates in the bodies of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins.

Last year, the American Chemical Society's (ACS) Reactions series shook up the comedy world with a video featuring nothing but chemistry jokes. After overwhelming public acclaim, they're back for this April Fools' Day with round two, featuring a number of fan submissions

Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, affect more than 6.4 million Americans, according to the Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center. That number may double in the next 30 years as the population ages, unless medical researchers figure out what's happening at a cellular and molecular level and develop ways to treat or prevent these debilitating conditions.

Five University of Guelph discoveries are being recognized as life-changing breakthroughs by the Council of Ontario Universities (COU).

A pair of genetics researchers at Iowa State University found striking patterns in the building blocks of DNA in a wide variety of species, according to their recently published paper.

If you’re allergic to natural rubber latex, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has good news for you: in the future, you are less likely to be misinformed about the absence of this allergen in such products as medical devices. To avoid false assurances about this hazard to your health, FDA is recommending to manufacturers to stop using the labels “latex-free” or “does not contain latex.”

Simulations dispute dogma: rocky planets may orbit double stars.

Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have created new structures that exploit the electromechanical properties of specific nanofibers to stretch to up to seven times their length, while remaining tougher than Kevlar.