Intelligence is an energetically expensive luxury – as the rise of artificial intelligence has reminded us. The human brain is no exception. Comprising roughly 2%...

SIM cards are normally trusted parts of our phones and other connected devices. But new research shows that if a SIM card is malicious or...

From spears and the invention of the wheel to smartphones and robots, human societies have been building and using tools from the beginning. Human tool...

Scientists in Finland have demonstrated the first fully solution-processed solid-state polariton laser, potentially opening a simpler and cheaper path toward advanced laser and photonic...

A little-known branch of engineering mathematics is moving beyond theory and finding potential uses in everything from robots and aircraft to extremely small nanotechnology...

A temperature difference of just 50°C can determine whether an ultrathin magnetic film stays smooth or begins breaking apart, according to new research that...

Scientists at Colorado State University have created one of the coldest plasmas ever produced in a laboratory, achieving electron temperatures within about one degree...

Engineers have developed a new way to protect tall buildings from strong winds and earthquakes by allowing some floors to move rather than trying...

Uranus is one of the strangest planets in our solar system, and new research shows that its unusual orientation causes the planet’s magnetic environment...

Scientists have developed a new manufacturing technique that could help make high-efficiency solar panels more powerful without making them much harder or more expensive...

Researchers have developed a low-power artificial intelligence system that can identify drones while using dramatically less electricity than conventional computer-based systems. The technology could make...

For about 40 years, physicists have puzzled over a strange problem: What happens when an electrically charged particle encounters a hypothetical magnetic monopole? Some calculations suggested...

If you've ever noticed that some animals seem to be everywhere—like squirrels—while others, like raccoons or foxes, are much harder to find, you're not...

We now have new clues about a mysterious stage in the life of binary stars, thanks to research from The Australian National University (ANU)...

A new way of making bone-replacement materials that allows for cells to grow around and inside them has been developed by researchers at the...

A new study from Aalto University has developed a new method that helps read quantum information faster. Previously, scientists have found that quantum computers have...

Sand is one of the most important materials in construction. It is used to build everything from roads and bridges to harbors and skyscrapers. Traditionally,...