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Experimental tests and computational simulations of a scaled-down specimen of a real steel truss bridge identify and characterize the latent resistance mechanisms following critical failures, demonstrating how loads supported by failed components can ...

Senators from both parties expressed scepticism about the US health secretary's statements on COVID-19 vaccines and more.

Around 1,460 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide can be safely stored underground, but this limit could be reached by 2200.

Analyses of ancient human DNA show that cultural and political transformations in Central Europe during the second half of the first millennium ce were associated with movements of Slavic populations into Germany, Poland and Croatia.

Construction of tidal irrigation systems helped to drive the formation of city states some 5,000 years ago.

DNA-methylation and gene-expression profiling of tissue sections at near single-cell resolution can be used to create detailed spatial maps showing how methylation and transcription interact to shape cell identity and tissue development.

The role of tissue that forms between the head and trunk of a fly embryo has been unclear. It turns out that it absorbs forces when nearby cells move and divide.

Swiss birth data from 1750 to 1870 reveal that girls who had lots of older brothers close to their own age were less likely to survive than were those who did not.

An analysis of seismic waves propagating through Mars finds evidence that the planet has a small, solid inner core, which challenges existing planetary models.

Commensal Candida albicans enhances the virulence and dissemination of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium.