This risk becomes particularly significant when a large nuclear reactor is involved. Nuclear plants are designed primarily for base-load electricity generation.

For Dr. Christer Fuglesang, the first Swedish astronaut to travel to space, the journey began with something simple: curiosity.Speaking to students at De ...

Scientists are investigating how exercise-triggered stress reshapes the cell’s energy systems, and whether those same mechanisms could eventually help counter metabolic disease. Don’t like the gym?

Maryam Mirzakhani once dreamed of becoming a writer, not a mathematician. Yet she became the first woman to win the Fields ...

New research suggests oysters may rely on hidden microbes to help build their shells and maintain chemistry as oceans grow more acidic.

Haunted by the cystic fibrosis patients he could not help, one Iowa doctor commits his life to understanding what is broken deep inside their cells.

Former "Aquaman" actor Jason Momoa will soon return to the DC Universe as Lobo, but decades ago, he played another alien badass on a Syfy TV series.

In a bar, a poet meets the man behind the drug that saved his life — discovering how science, faith and chance created a future thought impossible.

Scientists have discovered a surprising link between leukemia and autoimmune diseases. A new study shows that certain genetic changes connected to leukemia can also create abnormal immune cells that ...

When the indoor temperature moved outside this range, problems began to appear more often. The researchers found that the risk of attention difficulties doubled every time the temperature changed by ...

A new solvent-based technique could change how lithium is extracted from brines, potentially making the process faster, ...

The community is invited to a free Easter egg decorating event on Thursday, March 26, from 6 – 8 p.m., at the Simpson Garden ...