Sunscreen chemicals like EHMC may be silently increasing ocean plastic pollution by strengthening harmful microbial biofilms ...

New research reveals that only the oldest and fastest-sinking oceanic plates can transport water deep into Earth’s mantle, ...

Tummy tuck patients may keep losing weight for years, possibly due to long-term metabolic changes or lifestyle shifts.

Researchers have uncovered that both ocean currents and atmospheric changes contribute equally to a cold patch in the North Atlantic. While global temperatures continue to rise, one area in the ...

What if losing weight isn’t the key to getting healthy — and might even make things worse? A growing number of doctors say ...

A new drug prevents weight gain and fatty liver by controlling magnesium in cells. It made mice stay slim despite lifelong ...

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

Researchers discovered how to flip the structure of complex drug compounds using a simple reagent, offering a game-changing ...

A study of over 5,200 runners reveals that most running injuries don’t build up gradually; they strike during a single ...

Newly uncovered wooden tools from Pleistocene China reveal complex, plant-focused technology far earlier than expected in East Asia. Researchers working at the Pleistocene-era Gantangqing site in ...

By repurposing the cold energy from LNG processing, scientists have developed a new, cost-efficient technique to trap carbon dioxide from the air using advanced sorbent materials. Scientists at Georgi ...

Buried for 209 million years, a tiny flying reptile and its ancient neighbors just emerged from Arizona’s Triassic past.