The coral-eating crown of thorns starfish that devastate tropical reefs can lie in wait as harmless young herbivores for more than six years while coral populations recover from previous attacks or coral bleaching, new research has shown.

Imagine you are meeting a friend for dinner at a new restaurant.

Plant-derived chemicals called cardenolides have long been used to treat heart disease, and have shown potential as cancer therapies.

Using a combination of experimental and computational data, researchers discover paths to optimize pulses from highly intense X-ray beams.

As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, a common question is, can infectious diseases be connected to environmental change?

On April 8, Tropical Cyclone Harold is a major hurricane, a Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, as it exits Fiji and heads toward the island of Tonga.

The human body is composed of billions of cells, each of which is made and maintained through countless interactions among its molecular parts.

For years, scientists have looked for ways to cool molecules down to ultracold temperatures, at which point the molecules should slow to a crawl, allowing scientists to precisely control their quantum behavior.

The U.S. Geological Survey released a new report on geoelectric hazards for two-thirds of the contiguous U.S., spanning from the northeast to the west coast of the Nation.

During nearly a year of flight testing on the space station, a new thermal infrared camera collected more than 15 million images.