A miso test on the International Space Station shows fermenting food is not only possible in space, it adds nuttier notes to the Japanese condiment.

The electric skin cell signals, which move at glacial pace compared to those in nerve cells, may play a role in initiating healing.

A phenomenon called liquefaction, which causes the ground to slump like quicksand, led to significant damage after the Myanmar earthquake. The risk of aftershock remains high.

Charge-parity violation is thought to explain why there’s more matter than antimatter in the universe. Scientists just spotted it in a new place.

Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

Mandimycin, which targets a different essential fungi cell resource than other antifungal drugs, should harm other cell types as collateral — but doesn’t.

Cement manufacture is a huge carbon emitter. A by-product of splitting seawater might make the process more environmentally friendly.

A new set of artificial intelligence models could make protein sequencing even more powerful for better understanding cell biology and diseases.

Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.

GS-z13-1, marks the earliest sign yet spotted of the era of cosmic reionization at 330 million years after the Big Bang.

A style of primitive stone tools named for the French site where they were first discovered have shown up half a world away.

Fires and agricultural soils can rival cars and factories in emitting chemicals that lead to ozone, making it hard to meet air quality standards.