Mitochondria don’t just generate energy—they also carefully organize their own DNA in a surprisingly elegant way. Scientists have discovered that a long-overlooked phenomenon called “mitochondrial ...

The moon is Earth's only natural satellite, a rocky celestial body that orbits our planet at an average distance of about 384 ...

A study led by UC Riverside physicist Hai-Bo Yu suggests that a new type of dark matter could explain three astrophysical ...

There has been considerable debate among physicists over the last 15 years about conflicting measurements of the charge ...

On the far right side of the periodic table, just beneath oxygen, sits a lesser-known group of elements called the chalcogens, or “ore-forming” elements. While sulfur is widely recognized for its role ...

A breakthrough experiment has shed new light on one of astrophysics’ biggest mysteries: the origin of rare proton-rich elements. For the first time, scientists directly measured a key reaction that ...

Silicon has long been seen as a promising anode material for next-generation lithium-ion batteries because it can store much ...