When viewed under magnification, human hair reveals surprising textures and distortions that can make it look almost like a twisted pretzel. Discover how structure, damage, and lighting affect what we ...

Hair grows because cells at the root divide and push it upward, like toothpaste squeezed from a tube. At least, this is what what we thought. However, new research claims this explanation is ...

The State Library of NSW is celebrating its 200th birthday with a selection of items that show collectors are a weird mob.

Initiatives from human hair filters to micro-nano-bubble injections are being deployed to restore the canals that sustain the ...

A joint research team led by Professor Park Kyoung-Duck and Associate Director Suh Yung Doug of the Center for ...

Combining GaN transistors with silicon-based digital circuits enables complex computing functions built directly into power ...

The bacterial flagellar motor is finally understood after 50 years. In its workings, columnist Natalie Wolchover finds the ...

A fungus called Sporothrix brasiliensis spreads from cats to humans, and concerns are growing over its rapid dispersal.

"While much attention is focused on record-breaking heat waves and rising seas, there are other, potentially more dire, consequences of a warmer planet, and it doesn’t take much sleuthing into the ...

The results are transforming how scholars understand human history. By analysing parchment, researchers are uncovering ...

'Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.' ...