River water, lake water, and seawater contain DNA belonging to organisms such as animals and plants.

Satellites may make it easier for nomadic herders in Senegal to survive the lean season.

Sterilizing used face masks and gowns by exposing them to electron beams could help mitigate the shortage of personal protective equipment.

Work shows for the first time that massive erosion influences seismicity - and does so in a geological instant.

Astronomers created a stunning new image showing celestial fireworks in star cluster G286.21+0.17.

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are advancing gas membrane materials to expand practical technology options for reducing industrial carbon emissions.

Epidemiologists highlighted the dangers of Covid-19 in its early stages, but their warnings went largely ignored until rising infection rates forced policymakers to take action.

As the world wrestles with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which arose after the virus jumped from an animal species to the human species, University of Delaware researchers are learning about new ways other pathogens are jumping from plants to people.

University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have made it possible to remotely determine the temperature beneath the surface of certain materials using a new technique they call depth thermography.

The universe, as seen through the lens of quantum mechanics, is a noisy, crackling space where particles blink constantly in and out of existence, creating a background of quantum noise whose effects are normally far too subtle to detect in everyday objects.