The oxidative power makes atomic oxygen useful for a number of fields and industries, but scientists don’t know all the ...

The fifth state of matter—the ultracold Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)—has been an invaluable tool in unlocking the secrets ...

Neuroscientists have long listened to the brain’s electrical spikes, but those loud crackles are only the final output of a ...

Scientists are developing new methods to turn black hole images into time-resolved 3D movies, revealing how plasma, jets, and gravity behave near event horizons ...

The Arctic is changing rapidly, and scientists have uncovered a powerful mix of natural and human-driven processes fueling ...

Science is entering a massive publishing boom, in large part due to artificial intelligence. New research published in the ...

What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing ...

Scientists in the Arctic are catching the exhaled breaths of whales to better understand their health. How? Drones. Whales breathe through their blowholes, which are the equivalent of nostrils on ...

What we throw away as food waste may hold the key to healthier crops, stronger ecosystems, and new medical compounds.

Scientists found a way to make quantum key distribution simpler and stronger, using a centuries-old light trick to push ...

Researchers retrieved reef monitoring devices that had been placed in deep coral reefs in Guam. The devices were placed up to 330 feet below the surface.

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...