It's cool to be small. Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have miniaturized the optical components required to cool atoms down...
Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have detected the first Jupiter-like planet without clouds or haze in its observable atmosphere....
Deep waters in the Southern Ocean are warming faster than previously known, which may speed the melting of parts of the Antarctica.
Among the materials known as perovskites, one of the most exciting is a material that can convert sunlight to electricity as efficiently as today's commercial silicon...
It is no secret that over the last few decades, humans have changed nature at an ever-increasing rate. A growing collection of research covers the many...
"Dynamical arguments suggest that the maximum mass for a SLAB in our Universe is 100 billion billion solar masses, with a size comparable to that of...
Simon Fraser University researchers have found evidence that large ambush-predatory worms--some as long as two metres--roamed the ocean floor near Taiwan over 20...
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.
Vaccinating older adults for COVID-19 first will save substantially more U.S. lives than prioritizing other age groups, and the slower the vaccine rollout and more...
A promising lead halide perovskite is great at converting sunlight to electricity, but it breaks down at room temperature. Now scientists have discovered how to...