Largest deposit of pure black jade, called nephrite, is discovered in China, and it could revolutionize the world of jewelry.

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Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say results of a new National Institutes of Health-funded study are advancing efforts to ...

For the first time, researchers have managed to isolate and directly observe individual oxygen atoms inside liquid water, ...

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Engineers have found a way to shepherd microrobots with no wires, no radios, and no onboard computers. Instead, they steer them with light patterns designed using the same math physicists use to ...

Powered by light, the robots carry computers and can move in complex patterns, say Penn Engineering and University of ...