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In the early 1950s, a lab accidents in the early 1950s at Corning Glass Works in New York created a product that would normally have been expected to soften or shatter. Scientist Donald Stookey had overheated an experimental glass specimen.

As heatwaves become more frequent and intense around the world, scientists are exploring new ways to keep buildings cool without increasing energy consumption. Researchers at the University of Sydney, working with startup Dewpoint Innovations, have developed a nano-engineered coating that reflects up to 97% of sunlight and stays significantly cooler than conventional surfaces.

CCMB scientists have identified an ultra-rare gene mutation linked to red hair in a five-year-old Indian girl, uncovering new insights into India's complex pigmentation genetics and diversity.

A venomous snake, which scientists have long regarded as a single species for more than 160 years, has now been revealed to comprise five distinct species, according to a new international study published in the journal ZooKeys.

There is always some tendency within ecosystems to retain the consequences of accidents caused by humans for some time, even after the accident itself. For more than a hundred years, a tiny island of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Australia offered a good lesson on the impact that invasive predators could have on an ecosystem.

A new study found dogs' brains began shrinking around 5,000 years ago. Scientists are exploring whether modern pet culture is continuing to reshape canine behaviour and cognition

The history of science is crowded with people whose ideas arrived before the rest of the field was ready for them. Tibor Ganti belonged somewhere in that uneasy category: respected in small circles, barely recognised outside them, and for years almost absent from wider discussions about how life began.

Scientists have discovered a hidden change beneath melting Arctic ice that could reshape ecosystems far beyond the polar region.

Vitamin K-derived compounds developed by researchers showed stronger neuron-forming ability and crossed the blood-brain barrier in early studies.