Motivated by public hazards associated with contaminated drinking water, scientists have successfully tested tiny, glowing crystals that can trap heavy-metal toxins like mercury and lead.

Researchers report that Goffin cockatoos can make and use elongated- tools of appropriate shape and length out of amorphous materials, suggesting that the birds can anticipate how the tools will be used.

ESA’s new ExoMars orbiter has tested its suite of instruments in orbit for the first time, hinting at a great potential for future observations.

In a month-long experiment using a virus harmless to humans, biologists documented the evolution of a virus into two incipient species -- a process known as speciation. 

A new surgical robot is delicate enough to perform eye operations with more accuracy than human hands, according to the developers.

Somewhere between Earth's creation and where we are today, scientists have demonstrated that some early life forms existed just fine without any oxygen.

Now we’re closer than ever to solving a 50-year-old math problem.

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