Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans opt for LASIK, a laser-assisted surgery that reshapes the cornea to correct vision. It’s fast, effective, and widely considered safe. But it’s still ...

This image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was taken on 18 January 2026 with the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large ...

Think saliva is spit? Think again. This slippery superhero helps you chew, swallow, fight germs, and keep your teeth and gums happy. It’s packed with special ingredients, like mucins, that act like ...

Scientists reveal how one of the world's deadliest superbugs evolved.

Stellar storms could be masking Alien radio messages.

The Soviet PFM-1, also known as the butterfly mine for its winged shape, was designed with chilling precision. Dropped from ...

Illustration of the giant planets TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c with host star TOI-791. These planets are roughly the size of ...

Origami gives engineers a toolkit of foldable 3D shapes that can change form and function. These structures can shift between folded states and adjust their strength and behavior; this is useful for ...

Fluorescent microscopy of SpudCell - a synthetic cell assembled entirely from non-living chemical components - undergoing division. Credit: Kate Adamala, Adamala Lab For centuries, the question of ...

Researchers used the NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to map specific chemical contents of comet 3I/ATLAS as it moved away from the Sun. Image: NASA ...

IBM has unveiled the world’s first chip technology that scales below one nanometer, a feat once thought impossible, now realized at the 0.7 nm, or 7 angstrom node. This fingernail-sized marvel ...