An El Niño of historic proportion is taking shape in the tropical Pacific. 

Study identified diagnoses not typically considered heat-related, like traffic accidents, multiple sclerosis.

They live in some of the most inaccessible waters on Earth, where ocean temperatures hover around freezing. 

Unlike conventional glaciers, rock glaciers appear as piles of rock that obscure large masses of unaccounted-for ice.

Microplastics are turning up almost everywhere – from oceans and rivers to soils and sediments – yet far less is known about what happens when they enter freshwater wetlands.

NASA’s Starling mission has marked another milestone in spacecraft autonomy by using a new system that determines a satellite’s position in orbit by referencing other objects in space, instead of relying on a navigational network.  

Light-activated nanoparticles could help surgeons see glioblastoma more clearly and destroy cancer cells left behind after surgery.

UTS researchers are piloting technology that could reduce methane emissions from mining by more than 90 per cent.

An analysis of biological clocks throughout the human body suggests that too few hours of sleep—and too many—may speed aging in the brain, heart, lung, and immune system and is associated with a wide range of diseases.

A study led by Brown University researchers found that older adults who received the shingles vaccine currently used in the U.S. were less likely to be diagnosed with dementia within four years.