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Rice is one of the world's most important food crops, feeding billions of people every day. But scientists have now discovered that it possesses a surprising physical property that could help inspire future technologies.

Nearly four decades after countries came together to phase out ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), scientists have identified an unintended consequence of the switch.

For decades, conservation biology has operated on a straightforward assumption. When a species suffers a dramatic population crash, its genetic future becomes increasingly bleak.

Far out in the south-eastern Indian Ocean, a vast and largely unexplored stretch of seafloor is reshaping how scientists understand deep-ocean history. Hidden within the Diamantina fracture zone, the seabed is marked by long scars, deep trenches, and ridges that plunge into near-total darkness under extreme pressure.

China's JUNO observatory has reported its first major neutrino results from 59 days of data. The measurements show the detector can deliver exceptional precision as scientists pursue the particles' mass ordering.

Biomedical engineers at Brown University in the United States have developed a smart bandage that can detect signs of infection and release antibiotics only when needed.

Scientists have discovered a vast fan-shaped structure beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, revealing clues about Antarctica's geological past and the stability of ice vulnerable to climate change.

Scientists cannot reliably predict whether an individual carrying certain gene variants will eventually end up obese. Put another way, there is no 'obesity gene'. And for similar reasons, there is no 'fat gene', 'lazy gene' or 'hunger gene'.

Honey bees have long been regarded as one of the most valuable assets to agriculture. Brought to Australia by European settlers in the early 19th century, the western honey bee has long served as an important pollinator of both native species and introduced plants.

Every year, the global paper industry generates around 50 million tonnes of lignin, the tough, carbon-rich polymer that gives trees their structural rigidity. Almost all of it gets burned for low-grade fuel.