Researchers were unsure whether alpha particles would aid or hinder fusion. Simulations suggest they help, by dampening turbulence.

A prehistoric scorpion was the largest ever to exist, and it may have preyed on land and freshwater species.

Most known for its role in movement, the cerebellum could compensate for flagging mental functions elsewhere in the brain.

An imaging study found early signs of coronary artery disease in people in Canada breathing air that regulators consider clean.

A newly-described dinosaur, Jian changmaensis, may have glided through northwestern China about 120 million years ago, wreaking havoc on birds.

At least a dozen animals have been found with the flesh-eating maggots. It could take more than a year to eradicate the parasite again, experts warn.

Detached tissues from the sea cucumber's tube feet and feeding tentacles survived for more than three years, a find that could shape the study of aging.

Vast permafrost beneath the upper slopes of Peru’s tallest volcano could become a regional water source as glaciers in the Andes retreat.