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A highly sophisticated spectroscopy technique enables researchers to search for minuscule anomalies in the quantum state transitions of neutrons, which could offer key clues about the elusive nature of dark energy.

New research suggests that SARS-CoV-2 infection alters the biomechanical properties of red and white blood cells, in some cases for months – a possible explanation for long COVID.

The new model is a major step forward in scientists' efforts to mimic the natural development of a mammal using stem cells. It is hoped the embryoids will help scientists understand mammalian development, battle diseases, create new drugs and, eventually, grow tissues and organs for people in need of transplants.

A research group analyzing the regulation of photosynthesis have discovered the roles of three proteins, PGRL1, PGRL2 and PGR5, which participate in the control of one subsystem of the photosynthetic apparatus.

Scientists have obtained polytetrafluoroethylene membranes using a simple, affordable and easily scalable method.

According to a study, a connective tissue protein that supports the framework of organs also encourages immune responses that fight bacterial infections, while restraining responses that can be deadly in the condition called sepsis.

Mountaintop glacier ice in the tropics of all four hemispheres covers significantly less area - in one case as much as 93% less - than it did just 50 years ago, a new study has found.

Type II alveolar cells, a major cell type infected by SARS-CoV-2, possess unique immunologic properties and appear to play a role in improving the outcome of respiratory viral infections.

Researchers used deep-sea boreholes to gauge pressures far below the seafloor. They hope data from this and future observations can aid the understanding of earthquake evolution.

Engineers have found a way to expand the use of a wider range of non-food feedstocks to produce biofuels.