By studying a slender, leaping parasite thinner than a human hair, engineers at Georgia Tech developed a soft robot capable of hopping both forward and backward. Inspired by the jumping movements of a ...

A team of Purdue engineering students built a lightning-fast robot—Purdubik’s Cube—that now holds the Guinness World Record for solving a Rubik’s Cube in just 0.103 seconds. Fueled by co-op ...

Blocking Mitch, a protein that regulates energy control, prevents fat from accumulating in human cells. About a decade ago, a ...

After adjusting for the weight loss benefits of surgery, GLP-1 drugs were linked to a 41% lower risk of obesity-related ...

A new head-to-head study reveals tirzepatide achieves 47% more weight loss than semaglutide in people with obesity but without diabetes, highlighting its superior effectiveness and cardiometabolic ...

Astronomers are using Hubble to study vivid gas clouds and newborn stars in the tilted spiral galaxy NGC 3511.

Jupiter wasn’t always the planet we know today—it was once twice as big, had a magnetic field 50 times stronger, and its ...

Taurine, common in energy drinks, may secretly fuel leukemia. Blocking its uptake in cancer cells could lead to powerful new ...

Scientists have created a new type of super-strong antibody that could significantly enhance cancer immunotherapy. In an ...

A UC San Diego-led study linked early childhood exposure to the bacterial toxin colibactin with the rise in early-onset ...

Scientists using the XRISM satellite have uncovered a major clue to one of astronomy’s longstanding mysteries: why galaxy ...

A ghostly Martian moonrise, starlit skies, and a mission chasing life’s traces—Perseverance captures more than just images.