Microplastics are the crumbs of our plastic world, tiny pieces that come from bigger items breaking apart or from products ...

A research team led by Prof. Ben Ko Chi-bun, Associate Professor of the PolyU Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, has discovered the critical mechanism of action of tetrandrine, a ...

Artificial intelligence technology has begun to transform higher education, raising a new set of profound questions about the ...

After a slight delay, Australia and Papua New Guinea formally signed a defense treaty this week committing the two nations to ...

These recent sunny days bring the last chances to access the Rhode Island coastline before chillier weather sets in, though ...

During warmer periods of the Middle Pleistocene, ancient humans in Italy were in the habit of butchering elephants for meat ...

It's a quiet autumn evening. You're enjoying some TV, when an unscripted movement catches your eye. A large house spider ...

Each year, U.S. wastewater treatment plants clean trillions of gallons of water, from what we flush down the toilet to drain ...

New research, based on forest fires in Australia, proves there is a significantly higher risk of large-scale flooding when ...

On islands, many plants rely on animals such as birds, bats and reptiles to disperse their seeds and help them grow in new ...

Analysis of preserved feces and intestinal tissue has revealed specific types of bacteria that were present in the microbiome of a young adult man who lived in Mexico about 1,000 years ago, prior to ...

Tiny gold particles that act as carriers for lithium can be delivered directly to the brain in the form of a nasal spray. Developed by scientists at the Università Cattolica Rome campus/Fondazione ...