Methotrexate, a common medication used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, has a newly recognised useful secondary effect to lower blood pressure and potentially reduces the risk of heart disease in people with this condition.

A team of astronomers has detected for the first time a growing planet outside our solar system, embedded in a cleared gap of a multi-ringed disk of dust and gas.

A recent study published in Science used glacier models to better understand the effect that each degree of global warming will have on worldwide glacier melt.

MIT researchers have developed a technique that enables real-time, 3D monitoring of corrosion, cracking, and other material failure processes inside a nuclear reactor environment.

Deforestation in tropical countries could contribute to increased deaths from heat exposure in nearby populations, new research has shown.

Today’s electric vehicle boom is tomorrow’s mountain of electronic waste. And while myriad efforts are underway to improve battery recycling, many EV batteries still end up in landfills.

A student from the University of Plymouth is using her dissertation project to reveal some of the fascinating marine life living in the waters of Falmouth Harbour.

Infrasound and seismic waves reveal the unseen forces shaping coastal conditions.

A series of studies by Cornell researchers is testing how crops might grow when planted between rows of solar panels on a solar farm in New York state. 

The composition of aquatic plant communities in shallow freshwater bodies, including floating plants, submerged plants and phytoplankton, can have important effects on greenhouse gas production, transport and emissions, according to a new study.