A team of researchers at MIT has now created a system‑on‑a‑chip called Gleanmer that lets small autonomous robots create ...

When a star drifts too close to a black hole, intense tidal forces can rip it apart in a tidal disruption event (TDE). The ...

In a breakthrough experiment, an international team of physicists used a quantum simulator for the first time to detect the ...

For decades, physicists have been interested in finding out what the Universe was like in its first millionth of a second; in ...

In artificial intelligence, neural networks can already mix and match specialized modules to handle difficult tasks. But the ...

On Aug. 5, a SpaceX Falcon 9 impacted the lunar surface and formed a crater. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) ...

As nations rally to mitigate global climate change, the focus remains on reducing CO 2 emissions. An innovative electrochemical strategy inspired by natural photosynthesis has emerged as a promising ...

A Martian meteorite has unveiled something extraordinary: a previously unknown rock type containing garnet, the first time this mineral has ever been identified on Mars. This discovery is more than a ...

Thinkers have struggled for hundreds of years with a deceptively simple question: Is it better to have an organization under one, central strong leader, or do the best organizations emerge when ...

An image of elliptical galaxy NGC4696 located at the center of the Centaurus Cluster taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. This image shows dusty filaments surrounding the center of the galaxy. Photo ...

Nitrogen gas (𝑁2) is everywhere; it makes up nearly 80% of Earth’s atmosphere, but its triple bond is so strong that most living organisms can’t use it directly. Only certain microbes, armed with ...

In Down syndrome, a person has an extra copy of chromosome 21. It is still the most common live-birth survivable chromosomal disorder, with an incidence of about 1 in 700. It is known for more than ...