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Preliminary experiments suggest that a new test could diagnose bacterial infections that cause sepsis days faster than conventional approaches, with potentially lifesaving consequences.

A hydrothermal eruption Tuesday (July 23) morning surprised visitors walking among the colorful hot springs in Yellowstone National Park’s Biscuit Basin, near the famous Old Faithful geyser.

High-powered titanium:sapphire lasers have been shrunk down with scientists planning to pack hundreds onto a four-inch wafer.

A never-before-seen type of eruption explosively blasted debris high into the sky from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano in 2018. It wasn’t one big ka-pow! Kilauea had been erupting lava. Then a series of 12 strange blasts occurred over a span of…

There were no new HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women taking a new PrEP formulation, a twice-yearly shot of the drug lenacapavir.

The chemicals are present in consumer products including skincare, cosmetics and waterproof clothing.

Scar tissue differs from normal skin in a few important ways.

As Earth’s orbit intersects with those of two comets this month, stargazers will have a chance to view spectacular double meteor showers.

Paleostress modeling shows how a region of the Andean Plateau was uplifted and formed beginning more than 20 million years ago.

Scientists made the known element 116 with a beam of titanium atoms, a technique that could be used to make the undiscovered element 120.