Hidden Moon Ice May Soon Be Found by Listening to Moonquakes

Scientists may have found a new way to search for water ice hidden beneath the Moon's surface—by listening to the vibrations caused by moonquakes. A...

New 3D-Printed Robot Feet Cut Battery Use by Up to 6.2%, Study Finds

Four-legged robots are becoming more common in jobs that are difficult or dangerous for people, including search-and-rescue missions, inspections of industrial sites and carrying...

Scientists Discover Thousands of Tons of Undeclared Uranium Hidden in DRC Cobalt Supply Chain

A new study has found that large amounts of uranium have been leaving the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for more than 20...

Ancient Stardust Helped Build the First Solid Pieces of Our Solar System

Scientists have uncovered new evidence that tiny grains of ancient stardust may have played a key role in creating the first solid material in...

Scientists Trace Modern Human DNA to Two Long-Lost Human Ancestors

Scientists have uncovered new evidence that modern humans inherited DNA from two previously unknown ancient human relatives, revealing another surprising chapter in our evolutionary...

This Wearable Muscle Sensor Could Transform Rehabilitation and Robotic Mobility

Researchers at the University of Queensland have developed a new type of sensor that can measure how hard muscles are working without needles, surgery...

Simple Vacuum Tool Could Help Investigators Trace the Source of a Nuclear Attack

Scientists at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have developed a simple but important new tool that could make it much safer and faster to collect...

Why Better Batteries Take So Long to Develop

Lithium-ion batteries have powered our phones, laptops and electric vehicles for more than 30 years. They have changed the way we live, but they...

Why Monkeys Befriend Dogs, Deer and Other Animals

Why do humans enjoy keeping pets? A new international study suggests that the answer may reach much further back in evolution than scientists once believed. Researchers...

The Asteroid That May Be Three Worlds

What shape is an asteroid? For (44) Nysa, the honest answer until now has been that nobody knew. It is one of the brightest and...

New Hybrid Battery Binder Could Help Electric Cars Go Farther and Last Longer

A team of researchers has developed a new battery material that could help electric vehicles travel farther on a single charge while also extending...

New Robot Uses Liquid Nitrogen to Extinguish Wildfires Without Harmful Chemicals

A professor at Northeastern University has developed a unique firefighting robot that uses liquid nitrogen instead of chemical fire retardants to extinguish flames. The technology...

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Scientists create new device to light up the way for quantum technologies

Researchers at CRANN and Trinity College Dublin have created an innovative new device that will emit single particles of light, or photons, from quantum...

Electron switch may get us closer to quantum computers

Quantum computing has the potential to revolutionize technology, medicine, and science by providing faster and more efficient processors, sensors, and communication devices. But transferring information...

This special atom could help search for Universe’s building blocks

An unusual form of caesium atom is helping a University of Queensland-led research team unmask unknown particles that make up the Universe. Dr Jacinda Ginges,...

Scientists find new way to split water into hydrogen

A group of scientists led by Professor Armido Studer at the Institute of Organic Chemistry at Münster University in Germany, has come up with...

These chemicals may increase cancer risk in women

A recent study published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology reveals a notable correlation between certain endocrine-disrupting chemicals and the development...