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Light travels at a speed of about 300,000,000 meters per second as light particles, photons, or equivalently as electromagnetic field waves. Experiments led by Hrvoje Petek, an R.K. Mellon professor in the Department of ...

Seasonal changes in air pressure sometimes make Mount Everest's "perceived elevation" to shrink by thousands of feet, a new study finds.

A man successfully revived a baby elephant using CPR after the animal was involved in a road accident. How did he do it?

Study supports the theory that learning to play music early in life is associated with higher levels of musical skill and achievement as adults.

After a year of using a bionic arm, patients report subjective sensations did not shift to match the location of the touch sensor on their prosthetic device.

A photographer filmed the "Great Conjunction" of Jupiter and Saturn as the heavenly bodies passed by Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building.

A newly developed compound starves cancer cells by attacking their "power plants" -- the so-called mitochondria. The new compound prevents the genetic information within mitochondria from being read. Researchers report i...

Scientists describe how a phenomenon known as 'chromothripsis' breaks up chromosomes, which then reassemble in ways that ultimately promote cancer cell growth.

Scientists have discovered a new class of compounds that uniquely combine direct antibiotic killing of pan drug-resistant bacterial pathogens with a simultaneous rapid immune response for combating antimicrobial resistan...

Researchers have published the results of a new study evaluating the acoustic effects of face masks on speech. The team tested medical masks, disposable surgical masks, masks with clear plastic windows around the mouth, ...

The same societal factors that have caused worse outcomes in cancer for some minority populations are now causing disparities in COVID outcomes. Potential policy changes could help improve outcomes for both diseases.

Researchers have discovered a compound capable of pushing through barriers used by Gram-negative bacteria to resist antibiotics, damaging the bugs and preventing them from spreading.

SETD2, known for its involvement on gene expression, also can affect functions controlled by the cytoskeleton, such as movement, metastasis and migration, which are very important for cancer cells.

A new study evaluates the efficacy of a prototype device that can be used during common otolaryngologic procedures that generate significant aerosols and droplets.

Anyone entering the world of quantum physics must prepare themself for quite a few things unknown in the everyday world: Noble gases form compounds, atoms behave like particles and waves at the same time and events that ...

By Lindsay Olson Scientific Adviser: Dr. Don Lincoln Curator: Georgia Schwender As Fermilab's first artist in residence, my workspace had some unusual supplies for an artist's studio. Pinned to my idea board I had a list...

The UK's Office for National Statistics privately discussed concerns about the risk of its flagship covid-19 infection survey offering a biased picture of the country's epidemic, documents show

The perfect transmission of sound through a barrier is difficult to achieve, if not impossible based on our existing knowledge. This is also true with other energy forms such as light and heat.

Octopuses sometimes partner with fish to hunt, but the partnership comes with risks (for the fish, that is).

Face masks reduce the risk of spreading large COVID-linked droplets when speaking or coughing by up to 99.9 percent, according to a lab experiment with mechanical mannequins and human subjects, researchers said Wednesday...

Experts say we need to improve our patchy knowledge of subsea permafrost.

After almost a year of limiting our contact with the people in our lives and humanity in general, it's hard to imagine a future where we freely move about our cities and towns going to meetings, errands, and social event...