Author: Emily Conover

A sudden release of pressure allowed a copper-based compound to superconduct at the highest temperature yet for atmospheric pressure, a study claims.

A molecule made of carbon and chlorine is half as twisty as the paper loops common in math classes.

Tiny, repeating detachments between sole and floor — thousands of times a second — create the distinctive squeak heard on the court, data show.

Rufus net-casting spiders can tune the stiffness and elasticity of their webs thanks to loops of silk, scanning electron microscope images reveal.

Quasicrystals are orderly structures that never repeat. Scientists just showed they can exist in space and time.