Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are chemicals emitted as gases that can have adverse health effects. They are often found in...
For generations, physicists were sure the laws of physics were perfectly symmetric. Until they weren’t. Symmetry is a tidy and...
The world’s most sensitive model-independent experiment to search for particularly light particles, of which dark matter might be composed, starts...
Electrifying transportation is an essential step towards mitigating climate change. To improve the power, efficiency and safety of electric vehicles,...
Led by Kelly Chipps of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists working in the lab have produced...
From hurricanes in Houston to winter storms in Dallas, natural disasters can wreak havoc on a city. In any of...
Chiral spin liquids are one of the most fascinating phases of matter ever imagined by physicists. These exotic liquids exhibit...
Creating artificial cells with life-like characteristics out of a minimal set of components is a major goal of synthetic biology....
Better understanding the formation of swirling, ring-shaped disturbances—known as vortex rings—could help nuclear fusion researchers compress fuel more efficiently, bringing...
It may be that the famous Higgs boson, co-responsible for the existence of masses of elementary particles, also interacts with...
The theory of relativity works well when you want to explain cosmic-scale phenomena—such as the gravitational waves created when black...
What makes some materials carry current with no resistance? Scientists are trying to unravel the complex characteristics. Harnessing this property,...
