Scientific discoveries and research
Quantum mechanics is extremely successful at describing the behavior of matter at the atomic level. This success forces one to accept that certain asp...
The search for life on Mars involves the efforts of scientists from many different disciplines. An important aspect of that search is to study Martian...
A team of researchers has identified atomic distortions that may be linked with high-temperature superconductivity in a promising class of nickel-base...
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the...
Scientists have discovered that a highly unusual giant planet—sometimes called "forbidden"—could have an atmosphere with fewer heavier elements than i...
Astronomers have long argued that dark matter is the invisible scaffolding that holds galaxies together. Without its immense gravitational pull, the r...
A breakthrough method for chemically recycling acrylic—one of the world's most widely used plastics—has been developed by researchers at the Universit...
Conventional weapons are generally presented as controllable, proportionate and morally acceptable, unlike weapons of mass destruction. It is this ass...
Most laser sources produce Gaussian beams that diverge as they propagate. This natural spreading limits their effectiveness in applications that requi...
Slow roiling convection currents deep within Earth's mantle, which are associated with the movements of tectonic plates, also deform the material of t...
If you don't have anything nice to say, perhaps it's OK to say it anyway—if responding to someone who has treated you or your team rudely, new Cornell...
A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a "taste by touch" sensory system and can even couple a...
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