After a slight delay, Australia and Papua New Guinea formally signed a defense treaty this week committing the two nations to ...

For years we've been warned that technological advances and artificial intelligence (AI) are set to sweep people out of work.

A research team led by Prof. Ben Ko Chi-bun, Associate Professor of the PolyU Department of Applied Biology and Chemical ...

A new artificial intelligence-powered tool can help researchers determine how well an enzyme fits with a desired target, ...

The trade of totoaba has all the intrigue of a crime thriller. Dollars and drugs change hands as a criminal cartel vies ...

Long before plants and algae, cyanobacteria were already performing photosynthesis—filling Earth's skies with oxygen and ...

A tree can sequester quite a bit of carbon, and forests can sequester and store quite a bit more, but knowing exactly how ...

A new study from The University of Texas at El Paso has uncovered how financial incentives may subtly shape officiating ...

Stress granules are droplet-like protein hubs that temporarily shield fragile RNA from cellular stresses such as toxins. VCP ...

The chemistry Nobel was awarded on Wednesday to three scientists who discovered a revolutionary way of making materials full ...

On islands, many plants rely on animals such as birds, bats and reptiles to disperse their seeds and help them grow in new ...

Nobel chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi was born to Palestinian refugees in Jordan, a quiet, studious child in a "large, rowdy ...