A new composition of germanosilicate glass created by adding zinc oxide has properties good for lens applications

The material can bear heavy loads and is biodegradable, opening the door for its eventual use in eco-friendly buildings

New research lays out thorny challenges facing the renewable sector

MRSA, a superbug with the ability to dodge many common antibiotics, could be cured with blue light

The findings illustrate how pollution from cars, power plants, and other sources combines with natural emissions from trees in the Amazon

The findings pave the way for using biotechnology for the genetic manipulation of sugarcane to boost the production of second-generation ethanol

The device allows fundamental brain research that could provide new insight for human brain conditions

Iron oxide particles are very attractive to hydrocarbons

Even within the same tumor, cancer cells can differ in their genetics, behavior, and susceptibility to chemotherapy drugs

Freshly distilled, un-aged whiskey is filtered over the charcoal in a mysterious, but necessary step known as the Lincoln County Process