Soil nitrogen in grasslands covering almost a third of Earth’s surface is a critical ingredient for producing food and stemming climate change.

You might not have thought twice about the thicket at street’s end or that cluster of trees growing wild on the corner, but they make a difference in controlling stormwater runoff, according to a University of Maryland-led study.

Vocal communication for chimpanzees, our closest relatives on the evolutionary tree, consists of a few simple signals.

It’s well known that South East Queensland koalas are doing it tough, and a University of Queensland study sheds new light on the multiple issues afflicting them.

ETH researchers used a 3D printing process to produce complex and highly porous glass objects. 

An innovative new major private-public partnership led by Harvard and MIT aims to accelerate one of the hottest and most promising areas of medical research: cell and gene therapy.

The cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — a disabling neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord and leads to weakened muscles and early death — is not fully understood, but accumulating evidence suggests that inflammatory processes may play a role in the initiation and progression of the condition.

Looping through the Jovian system in the late 1990s, the Galileo spacecraft recorded stunning views of Europa and uncovered evidence that the moon's icy surface likely hides a deep, global ocean.

Birds of a feather may flock together, but the feathers of birds differ altogether.

The coldest chemical reaction in the known universe took place in what appears to be a chaotic mess of lasers.