New research suggests that the natural rhythm of breathing plays an important role in organizing the brain activity required for human memory. The study indicates that successful memory retrieval is ...

In the top layers of soil, microbes digest dead wood and fallen leaves, while threadlike roots release carbon dioxide as they burn energy to stay alive and grow. Together, that CO₂ output is called ...

The actor recalled the arduous process of filming six weeks of underwater scenes for the 2005 film ...

The demolition of historic buildings at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters has released asbestos into the air.

Where have you been?” shouts Jessie Buckley. Laughing, arms thrown wide for a hug, she strides across the lobby of a North ...

Ion channels are narrow passageways that play a pivotal role in many biological processes. To model how ions move through these tight spaces, pores need to be fabricated at very small length scales.

Life on Earth may have learned to breathe oxygen long before oxygen filled the skies. MIT researchers traced a key ...

His derring-do and unusual lung capacity led him to make record-breaking dives of more than 200 feet into the Atlantic without wearing a scuba tank or fins.

Yawning can impact the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and venous blood flow, suggesting a regulation of neurofluids and increase ...

To stay in the air when hovering over a flower, bumble bees continually flap their wings rapidly, a metabolic process that ...

An innovative approach supercharges the innate immune system to provide a first line of defence against respiratory infections.

A flexible tongue, sensitive beak and teethlike cones in the mouth may have helped Archaeopteryx generate enough energy to fly.