Food scientists now show that adding these tiny plant particles to ice cream may delay the rate at which this treat melts into a soupy mess.
Tattooed mice challenge our current understanding of how tattoos stay in humans.
Scientists mix research with underwater adventure as they search the oceans for new chemicals to treat infections, cancer and more.
Mice that gained excessive weight on a high-fat diet also lost one in four taste buds.
Shape and other features help germ-killing drugs make it through barriers to enter bacteria. Knowing how they do this could lead to more and better better antibiotics.
The hunt is on for extraterrestrials. But recognizing them may require some wiggle room in what we define as being alive.
Structures found in fossil dinosaur skin may give clues to the creatures’ colors and how they lived. But not all scientists agree on how to interpret what they see.