SCIENCE

Very few people understand what the lab does or the monumental role it has played in shaping America's drug policy.

The new instrument is expected to help scientists measure the mass of a neutrino -- something that has not been done accurately so far.

The $249 saliva-based test promises access to women who couldn’t previously afford to be screened.

Using 3D printers could help the rocket company save money and have more say over the quality control process.

Vampire squids have a unique sexual life that helps them live longer than other squids and octopuses, according to a new study.

Scientists believe that they have detected two supermassive black holes orbiting each other in closer proximity than ever before.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that conservation efforts had helped in significantly increasing the population of the mammals.

The study helped researchers examine the change in light around dawn and dusk to analyze if color could be used to determine time of the day.

Behind the storms are cooler temperatures.

Nearly 3,000 tons of space debris, a collection of defunct parts of old satellites and spacecraft, is currently believed to be orbiting Earth.

Data in three separate analyses shows 2015 might break 2014's record as the hottest year ever.

U.S. regulators may start testing food products for residues of the world's most widely used herbicide, the Environmental Protection Agency told Reuters on Friday, as public concern rises over possible links to disease.

With no new measles cases reported in California in 42 days, state health officials are turning their attention to preventing the next outbreak of the disease.

The outbreak has been linked to prescription drug abuse by injection.

A nanowire-bacteria hybrid created by scientists in the U.S. could, in the near future, be used to produce drugs and biofuels.

The latest data come just months after the government announced new plans to cut net greenhouse gas emissions.

A new study on the disease's toll found that poorer countries were the worst hit, and said dog vaccination is the most effective solution.

A group of 10 doctors had earlier demanded that Mehmet Oz be fired from his faculty position at the Columbia University Medical Center.

Primatologists have long known that apes in Senegal can use sticks to “fish” termites and other insects out of tree logs and the ground.

Trials for the Pfizer drug stopped earlier than planned because it was deemed effective.

The western gray whales are critically endangered and at a time scientists even thought that the species was extinct.

Beijing residents, used to high levels of smog, had to contend with high winds and blasting sand particles in the air Wednesday night.

Traces of the virus were found in a man's semen six months after he was declared infection-free, the World Health Organization said.

According to a new study, during the early stages of Alzheimer’s, immune system cells begin consuming arginine, an essential amino acid.

New Horizons, which NASA says is the fastest spacecraft ever launched, will reach Pluto after completing nearly a decade's journey in July.

Until now, dark matter, which constitutes 85 percent of all matter in the cosmos, was believed to interact only through gravity.

Millions of health records have been compromised in recent years by data breaches at hospitals, insurance plans and government agencies.

A comet's lack of a magnetic field has big implications for future research, leaders of Europe's Rosetta mission say.

Scientists examined the red planet's temperature and humidity levels for more than a full Mars year.