Tanja Bosak is seeking traces of life in a rock reconnaissance mission. It's an awesome responsibility, as only the samples she and her team select will be returned to Earth ...

A quantum sensor using Earth's magnetic fields outperformed standard GPS backups in test flights. This technology could help ...

Whenever there’s even a slight chance that an exoplanet shows signs of biological activity, people understandably get excited ...

The "skyglow" produced when light from cities bounces off clouds can help cyanobacteria and other aquatic microbes grow at ...

Scientists have used an artificial circulatory system to create lab-grown chicken, which may improve its texture ...

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are commonly found in the bodies of short-beaked common dolphins that get stranded on UK ...

Researchers have used a fungus and bacteria to create rigid, living structures similar to bone and coral, which could one day ...

Water filters made from untreated wood can remove more than 99 per cent of particles, taking out many harmful bacteria and ...

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

As quantum computers mature, they will be transformational. But there are good reasons why we don’t yet know exactly which ...

It is rare to find brown dwarf stars orbiting in pairs, and this pair has an even more unusual exoplanet companion ...

A device has enabled people to see a new a shade of blue-green, which they say is more intense than any experienced before ...