There's a magnet in a secure room in central Tokyo. It's an electromagnet, the kind that generates a magnetic field when ...

Penn researchers discovered how to make a richer cup of pour-over coffee using fewer beans by tapping into fluid dynamics.

In episode 3 of 'What's in a name' we look at what can be lost in translation when physicists try and name the unknown.

A research group at the University of Stuttgart has manipulated light through its interaction with a metal surface so that it ...

PCR genetic analysis has been in the spotlight since COVID-19, but light is now further facilitating PCR-free methods. Osaka ...

A team led by UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering has discovered materials that defy convention, shrinking when heated ...

“What makes the physics lab spaces in Building X of high quality is the combination of tight environmental (temperature and humidity) control; support spaces (such as equipment chases) to separate ...

When a new comet appears in the sky, there is often excitement. But things don’t always end well for the ancient celestial objects, made of ice, frozen gases and rock, as they near the sun — and an ...

Potential treatments need to be subject to the highest standards of safety and efficacy. Transplanting dopamine-releasing neurons into the brain is a promising regenerative therapy for Parkinson ...

Among the pioneers of wireless technology is Slovak priest, painter, inventor, and botanist Jozef Murgaš, who earned ...

The CIA in January issued a report concluding that a lab leak was likely, but with “low confidence” in that judgment, paralleling similar conclusions from the Energy and State departments.