Category: Science

Material scientists in China have created a new kind of coating that keeps clothes clean without the need for wasteful detergents. It could reduce the

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the faint glow of the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017.

What Garnet Chan cares most about is basic science. He entered chemistry decades ago to understand some of the most consequential biochemical processes on Earth.

In honor of the 700th-anniversary founding of the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria Pedralbes in Barcelona, scientists opened eight 14th-century graves and studied the 25

Researchers have built a miniaturized microcomb-driven terahertz wireless communication system that’s 90 times smaller than conventional chips to deliver record-breaking data-transfer speeds at ultrahigh frequencies.

Tests that measure biological aging are informative tools for studying large numbers of people but not for tracking individual health status.

A mathematician found the most efficient way to fold paper into a doughnutlike shape.

The debate could reopen in 2030 when NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft gets the closest view of the icy moon’s surface.

The head of the World Health Organization arrived in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, to witness efforts against an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola virus.

A rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin exploded during a test at the launch pad Thursday night, ahead of a satellite launch planned for

The closest the field has come to solving the planar unit distance problem, first proposed in the 1940s, was in 1984. Now, OpenAI claims an

Researchers have uncovered an unexpected phenomenon, dubbed the Zwan-Wolf effect, squeezing plasma “like toothpaste” in Mars’ upper atmosphere. This effect, which also happens on Earth

Fingal’s Cave is a hollow inside the Scottish island of Staffa that is characterized by massive, interlocking hexagonal columns of volcanic rock and astonishing acoustics.

A sea-urchin-like robot could offer a new blueprint for making more versatile robots, research suggests.