After a 4-year stretch as US Energy Secretary, during which he fought to fund research on clean energy technology, Steven Chu has announced his resignation.
After a 4-year stretch as US Energy Secretary, during which he fought to fund research on clean energy technology, Steven Chu has announced his resignation.
A handful of species have learned how to survive in freezing climates. To do so, the animals must counteract the damaging effects of ice crystal formation, or keep from freezing altogether. Here are a few ways they do it.
Animals and plants come in a dizzying array of colors. Current research is cracking into the remarkable structures behind nature's artistic display.
Tracking the genetic diversity and evolution of rhinoviruses can lead to a better understanding of viral evolution, the common cold, and more dangerous infections.
Researchers are working to understand how often-colorless biological nanostructures give rise to some of the most spectacular technicolor displays in nature.
Why scientists are so near and yet so far from being able to cryopreserve organs
As wolves became domesticated, their genes adapted to a starch-rich diet of human leftovers.
More than 140 nations agree to a plan to limit global mercury emissions.
Fisheries scientists allege that an official wanted to abolish their department because their research contradicted the findings of other agencies.
Bamboo sharks still developing in their egg cases respond to a predator presence by ceasing movement and even breathing.