Membranes are constantly bending as a result of heat fluctuating randomly through the cell. In theory, any voltage produced ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have created a method that makes it possible to transform the brain's support cells ...

Drug developers are racing to design molecules that coax our cells into burning more energy even when we are sitting still, ...

AlphaFold arrived as a technical moonshot that suddenly made protein structures feel like software rather than secrets of ...

The editors of Scientific American look to 2026 as a chance to peer into the future to see what science may be unfolding and what discoveries may lurk on the horizon. But the new year is also a chance ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year Joe Spring, ...

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth’s mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades, defying reigning theories of how our planet came to be. In a new study ...

Have you ever opened your Apple Notes app, only to feel overwhelmed by a chaotic sea of random thoughts, to-do lists, and half-finished ideas? If so, you’re not alone. Many users rely on outdated ...

Stem cells are precursors of a variety of different cells: They can turn into anything from blood to bone to muscle. Human blood stem cells, known as hematopoietic stem cells, are the forerunners of ...

The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded on Monday to three scientists for discovering how a particular kind of cell can stop the body's immune system from attacking itself. The discovery of these ...

Scientists have used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs capable of producing early embryos, an advance that could expand possibilities for fertility treatment, according to new research. The ...

Science is usually one of the more hands-on subjects in middle school: Students design research questions, draw diagrams, and conduct experiments. But the country’s 8th graders are less likely to do ...