New study shows that eating millets can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and helps manage blood glucose levels in diabetics

A combination of a once-debunked 19th-century identification of a water-carrying iron mineral and the fact that these rocks are extremely...

What time is your body clock set on? The answer, mounting research suggests, can influence a person's predisposition to heart disease.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg famously described the mindset as “move fast and break things.” But does that mantra actually work?

For years scientists have been debating what might lay under the Martian planet’s south polar cap and initially attributed it to water.

Many of us have experienced the following: the day before an exam, we try to cram a huge amount of information into our brain.

A new study by scientists has demonstrated how researchers may be able to create an accelerating jet of antimatter from light.

A seemingly unremarkable observation — greasy hair — showed Penn researchers how the immune system could be targeted to reverse obesity

First academic research paper co-published on Instagram shows legacy of one of Algeria’s most influential modern artists

According to new research, simple animal species’ may have existed on Earth far longer than humans anticipated, approx 890 million years

Watching X-rays flung out into the universe by the supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy 800 million light-years away

Women have several choices for long-lasting, reversible contraceptives, but for men, options are either single-use or difficult to reverse

Transportation means beaming matter from one point to another by breaking it down into tiny, transmittable form and then reconstructing it.

For the first time, astronomers have uncovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede.

Researchers with the CERN-based ALPHA collaboration have announced the world's first laser-based manipulation of antimatter

People who tend to go to bed and wake up earlier have significantly lower risk of major depression, according to a sweeping genetic study

NASA wants standards for evaluating claims of extraterrestrial life to help the public judge if discoveries are believable or not

For decades, researchers around the world have searched for ways to use solar power to generate the key reaction for producing hydrogen

A recent study compared the bouncing behavior in elite-level male runnersto highly trained but not elite runners.

UCSF Cardiology researchers report no link between coffee consumption and arrhythmia