Chimpanzees use a variation of the "scientific method" — discarding prior beliefs if convincing new evidence comes along to ...

Writing this week in Nature Communications, the agricultural engineers outlined a strategy for taking excess food waste, converting it into biofuel, and then “upgrading” that fuel into jet fuel that ...

On Friday, Chico elementary students had a smashing time as they watched members of Chico State's Society of Physics drop pumpkins from a crane, all in the name ...

Mitochondria are the small organelles that generate the energy our bodies need to grow, move, and stay healthy. As ...

Any hopes of a freeze on child care scholarships being lifted anytime soon were largely dispelled Thursday, when state ...

Synchronization abounds in nature: from the flashing lights of fireflies to the movement of fish wriggling through the ocean, ...

From mini-brains to spider-inspired gloves and wolf apple coatings, scientists are turning eerie-sounding experiments into ...

Critters consuming species that harbor deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to keep out of harm’s way.

These animals have evolved a suite of clever strategies to keep out of harm’s way. The 10 snakes faced a tough predicament.

A new preliminary study published in Nature suggests that COVID-19 vaccines might actually boost the immune system to make ...

A coalition of leading health, science, and animal protection organizations is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the delivery vehicles of modern medicine, carrying cancer drugs, gene therapies and vaccines ...