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

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

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

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

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

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

A study led by Dr. Liron Rozenkrantz at Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, published in Nature Human Behavior, shows that attention can influence the body’s in ...

An NJIT-led research team has developed an AI system that can spot faint warning signals of solar active regions, potential precursors to solar storms, nearly nine hours before they become visible.

Think: use ONLY sound to move minuscule machines! This is the promise of acoustic actuation, a jiggly way to commandeer robots from afar. Sound waves push cells, bubbles, and particles around in ...

Astronomers have discovered a “black hole star,” an extremely bright red spot in the early universe that appears to be a new type of astrophysical object. It resembles an enormous star, but its energy ...

The 150-million-year-old fossil known as Archaeopteryx, which is often regarded as the first bird, might not have taken off into the air with one strong jump. While many modern birds do take off in ...

For decades, biology textbooks have described ovaries as passive vaults of eggs. It gradually depletes with age until menopause. But a new study paints a far more dynamic picture: ovaries appear to ...