Sketchy stem-cell treatments in Mexico led to drug-resistant infections
Three U.S. hospital patients contracted drug-resistant infections in Mexico in 2022 and were still being treated as of March 2024.
Three U.S. hospital patients contracted drug-resistant infections in Mexico in 2022 and were still being treated as of March 2024.
Auroras occur when charged solar particles bash into Earth's magnetic field and funnel toward the poles. The types of atoms these particles hit determines the color of light emitted.
An immense geomagnetic storm caused auroras as far south as Florida for the first time in 21 years after the sun unleashed a wave of solar flares and at least seven coronal mass ejections at Earth.
Between Friday (May 10) and Sunday (May 12), people across the world were treated to stunning aurora displays as Earth's magnetic field experienced its biggest disturbance since October 2003. The supercharged storm also messed with satellites and caused power grid irregularities.
Rick Slayman was the first person in the world to receive this pioneering surgery in March 2024.
Ancient zircon crystals hold chemical clues that of freshwater may have existed on Earth soon after it formed.
China’s supersized superconducting chip looks to match the performance of industry leaders like IBM and will be used to help scale up the performance of quantum computers globally.
MIT scientists devise three abstraction libraries that can be combined with AI systems to improve their reasoning and contextual awareness in programming, strategic planning and robotics.
It's well known that earthquakes can rock fault-filled places like the U.S. West Coast. But why do earthquakes happen in the middle of tectonic plates?
The massive caldera of Turkey's Mount Nemrut volcano is split in half, with one side made of solidified lava flows and the other half a deep crater lake. Covered in snow, the summit scene looks like the yin-yang symbol when viewed from above.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have discovered evidence of a carbon-rich atmosphere around the hellish world 55 Cancri e. This marks the best evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet.
Birman and Burmese cats live the longest, while Sphynx cats die the youngest, a giant new study of U.K. cats found.
New research shows how disruptions to binary star systems could be the key to detecting space's most confounding substance — dark matter.
A new space photo captures "God's Hand", a cometary globule in the Gum Nebula, where stars are being born.
Spacecraft have visited and photographed the far side of the moon, but why can't we see it from Earth?
Ray-Ban smart glasses will now use Meta AI virtual assistant software so that wearers can speak with their smart glasses and ask questions about what they're looking at.
This curiously named sea-dweller lives along the Pacific coast, eats squid eggs and fights by opening its mouth wide.
Genes inherited from Denisovans, extinct human relatives, may help Papua New Guineans in the lowlands fight off infection, while mutations to red blood cells may help highlanders live at altitude.
In this excerpt from his new book "What if Fungi Win?" microbiologist and immunologist Arturo Casadevall examines the rise of the deadly yeast Candida auris.