Making energetic materials—such as explosives, propellants, and fireworks—is a bit like baking a very sensitive cake. The ingredients must be carefully measured, the mixing must...

Cement is one of the most widely used building materials in the world, but it comes at a high environmental cost. Portland cement alone is...

Free-Floating Planets, or as they are more commonly known, Rogue Planets, wander interstellar space completely alone. Saying there might be a lot of them...

At the start of the 20th century, electric cars were more common on American roads than gasoline vehicles. In 1900, many drivers relied on lead-acid...

Imagine if a self-driving car could spot a pedestrian before they step into view from behind a building. Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have...

In April 2023, fishermen off Spain’s eastern coast made an unexpected and historic catch. A juvenile great white shark, just over two meters long and...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking new image of the Egg Nebula, a rare and short-lived object formed as a star nears...

Talking about flatulence may feel awkward, but scientists say it could reveal important clues about gut health. Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed...

Life needs more than water and the right temperature to exist. New research suggests that only a small number of planets ever get the chemical...

Scientists have developed a new way to produce clean hydrogen using sunlight and liquid metal, offering a promising path toward greener energy made directly...

Modern satellites rely on electromagnetic waveguides—hollow structures that carry high-power signals between components such as antennas and transmitters. Today, these waveguides are usually made from...

Galaxy clusters, the largest structures held together by gravity in the universe, may be far heavier than scientists once believed. New research suggests that much...

Nearly 100 years ago, astronomer Fritz Zwicky made a strange discovery while studying the movement of galaxies. He noticed that galaxies were moving far faster...

Move over Godzilla vs. King Kong. This is the crossover event you’ve been waiting for — at least if you’re a condensed-matter physicist. Harvard University researchers...

Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This result may help scientists learn more about this enigmatic...

In a world where recycling is more important than ever, a group of scientists led by Professor Raffaele Mezzenga from ETH Zurich has found...

A team of researchers have made progress in understanding how some of the universe's heaviest particles behave under extreme conditions similar to those that...