Climate change is one of the most pressing global challenges in the present times. Increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere are a major factor contributing to this phenomenon.

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have created a new and unusual state of matter—known as a supersolid—by ...

Inside a diseased cell, the genes are in chaos. Some are receiving signals to overproduce a protein. Others are reducing ...

Australian scientists have made a significant leap forward in energy storage technology with the world's first ...

How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...

Birds play a larger role in the dispersal of wild cotton than previously assumed. This is shown by a study in the journal ...

A study clarifies the date of an important technological milestone: the adoption of the bow and arrow in western North America. The replacement of older weapons by bows and arrows occurred ...

Scientists at Caltech have figured out how to precisely engineer tiny three-dimensional (3D) metallic pieces with nanoscale ...

Every eleven years, the sun's magnetic field flips. Sunspots—dark, cooler regions on the sun's surface that mark intense ...

Superconducting materials could play a crucial role in the energy-efficient applications of the future. However, several ...

A new laser range-finding technique, inspired by quantum physics, that can measure distances under strong solar background ...