Research and development

UCLA-led research shows Earth may be approaching a carbon dioxide threshold for melting ice in the Arctic.

The evolutionary dawn of thousands of species of modern vertebrate fish occurred 66 million years ago, just as dinosaurs were dying out, says new research.

One in five very low-birth-weight, premature infants suffers a life-threatening brain hemorrhage, often originating in a vital region known as the germinal matrix.

The effects of the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions and economic growth could be vital for political discussions about international climate action.

The new family of glass has the best "glass-forming ability" of 50 existing kinds and is more pliable than the standard variety, too.

If you’re a rock climber, hiker, runner, dancer, or anyone who likes recording themselves while in motion, a personal drone companion can now do all the filming for you — completely autonomously.

New research could be a "double-whammy for sustainable large-scale irrigation and water conservation all over the world."

FlatScope may be the world's tiniest, lightest microscope for biological and other applications.

Timing and speed are both important for making accurate estimates of how an object will travel.

Worried that social media is hurting your real-world social life and well-being? Relax. New research suggests that's not the case.

Biocartis Group NV (the ‘Company’ or ‘Biocartis’), an innovative molecular diagnostics company (Euronext Brussels: BCART), today announces that it has obtained an up to EUR 24m debt financing facility from the EIB.

New research estimates just how much carbon forest topsoils could store if the US steps up its reforestation efforts.

Got your flu shot this year and still got sick? Here's why that happens.

A new analysis of the parts of the human genome that haven't been extensively studied could be "a treasure map to new drugs."

Tracking low, inaudible sound frequencies may be a key part of forecasting when volcanoes are nearing eruption.