For nearly two centuries, textbooks blamed icy spills on pressure and friction, but new simulations tell another story. The ...

D printing is a fun hobby and there are many useful items that you can make. Here are 13 projects you can try out to test ...

An international team has discovered a simple and environmentally friendly way to power the next generation of self-charging electronics. The work is published in Nano Energy. By making tiny plastic ...

The use of virtual reality (VR) is expanding across industries, but its large-scale application in educational settings has remained largely unexplored. As the technical capabilities and affordability ...

Resource constraints and growing demands often challenge the aspiration for a federal government that serves all Americans effectively and efficiently — delivering timely benefits, responsive services ...

One morning in late September, the writer and former Times columnist Mark Bittman walked into the Lower Eastside Girls Club, a rec center in Alphabet City and the site of what would become, in less ...

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua W. Modell ...

Researchers have planted a variety of crops amid solar panels at the University of Illinois to test agrivoltaics — an emerging system where farming and energy production happen simultaneously.

Cold atom experiments trap atoms to probe quantum effects, enabling ultra-precise sensing, timekeeping, and monitoring of Earth and space phenomena. (Nanowerk News) Cold atom experiments are among the ...

Professor Daniel Blumenthal's lab develops chip-scale components that can bring the power and precision of quantum science outside of the tightly controlled environment of the lab. (Santa Barbara, ...