A single microscopic change in our DNA can permanently alter how the brain is built, locking in developmental problems that ...

Microscopic particles save energy by surfing from one place to another. Do you think the particles lie about the size of ...

Ancient Mars may have had an environment capable of harboring an underground world teeming with microscopic organisms, French scientists reported Monday. But if they existed, these simple life forms ...

Step inside the strange world of a superfluid, a liquid that can flow endlessly without friction, defying the common-sense ...

A study published this year found tens of thousands of invertebrate organisms in seaweed debris on Homer area beaches — including on Bishop's Beach, pictured above. (Sabine Poux/KDLL) From above, the ...

Engineers have found a way to shepherd microrobots with no wires, no radios, and no onboard computers. Instead, they steer them with light patterns designed using the same math physicists use to ...

A new review of roughly 3,000 studies has found that microplastics could be to blame for contributing to air pollution, respiratory issues, and additional health problems, including cancer and male ...

From lemons to ham, salt is a handy food preservative. But researchers studying some really old salt crystals found them preserving something else - evidence of life. KATHY BENISON: There are little ...

Handling very soft, delicate items without damaging them is hard enough with human hands, let alone doing it at the microscopic scale with laboratory instruments. Three new studies show how scientists ...