Scientists find a way to extract color from black
Scientists have developed a way of extracting a richer palette of colors from the available spectrum by harnessing disordered patterns inspired by nature that...
Dark matter isn’t behind mysterious space signals from nearby galaxies
Researchers have ruled out dark matter being responsible for mysterious electromagnetic signals previously observed from nearby galaxies.
Prior to the new work there were high...
Scientists look for dark matter close to home
Eighty-five percent of the universe is composed of dark matter, but we don't know what, exactly, it is.
A new study from the University of...
Round beads could kill off high-pitched noises
Need to reduce high-pitched noises?
Science may have an answer.
In a new study, theoretical physicists report that materials made from tapered chains of spherical beads...
Scientists find new way to make conductive gels stick to wet surface
Polymers that are good conductors of electricity could be useful in biomedical devices, to help with sensing or electrostimulation, for example.
But there has been...
Stretchable supercapacitor could power tomorrow’s wearable devices
Researchers at Duke University and Michigan State University have engineered a novel type of supercapacitor that remains fully functional even when stretched to eight...
Physicist proposes new way to search for the elusive graviton
Physics has two superb theories explaining our universe.
The problem is no one can join them together.
Einstein’s general relativity describes how physics plays out on...
Fish scales could make wearable electronics more sustainable
Flexible temporary electronic displays may one day make it possible to sport a glowing tattoo or check a reading, like that of a stopwatch,...
How a magnet could help boost understanding of superconductivity
Physicists have unraveled a mystery behind the strange behavior of electrons in a ferromagnet, a finding that could eventually help develop high temperature superconductivity.
A...
Earth’s mantle, not its core, may have generated planet’s Early magnetic field
New research lends credence to an unorthodox retelling of the story of early Earth first proposed by a geophysicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography...