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A team of scientists has successfully measured particles of light being "squeezed", in an experiment that had been written off in physics textbooks as impossible to observe.

We already have the means to skip ahead in time, but going backward is a different wormhole --

A rare and fatal brain disorder called multiple system atrophy (MSA) may be caused by a newly discovered prion.

Using an enormous X-ray laser--one of only two such machines on Earth--University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist Matthias Fuchs and scientists from around the world beat formidable odds to observe one of the most fundamen...

With stem-cells and a novel scaffolding, researchers are developing a new approach to lab-grown bones.

Before they plunged into the icy waters of the North Atlantic, passengers aboard the Titanic may have feasted on corned beef, potted shrimp and dumplings.

While many provisions of the proposed agreement expire after 15 years, the dynamics of the Middle East are shifting too quickly to predict what lies in store --

Boston Dynamics' sure-footed humanoid bot is one of many supermobile machines that are cool and capable.

125-million-year-old microbes were trapped in ancient seafloor rocks by minerals, leaving a record from the earliest days of the Atlantic Ocean.

Hard, complex materials with many components are used to fabricate some of today's most advanced technology tools. However, little is still known about how the properties of these materials change under specific temperat...

The blind spot of the human eye can be shrunk with certain eye-training exercises, a small new study suggests.

The leaves of the lotus flower, and other natural surfaces that repel water and dirt, have been the model for many types of engineered liquid-repelling surfaces. As slippery as these surfaces are, however, tiny water dro...

Renewable wind energy is experiencing a boom, with more wind turbines popping up across landscapes in the U.S. and abroad. Indeed, wind energy accounted for 3.3 percent of electricity generation in the United States in 2...

Caltech engineers have created flat devices capable of manipulating light in ways that are very difficult or impossible to achieve with conventional optical components.

A two-year investigation into Europe's electronic waste found that 6.2 million tonnes was not disposed of safely, a danger to health and environment

(Phys.org)--Due to quantum effects, it's possible to build a quantum computer that computes without running--or as the scientists explain, "the result of a computation may be learned without actually running the computer...

(Phys.org)--A team of researchers working at Delft University in The Netherlands, has perhaps succeeded in closing the two loopholes that have prevented proving that local realism does not hold at the quantum level. They...

One of the toothy stars of "Shark Week" has just phoned home after five months at sea, revealing that this longfin mako shark was a prolific and deep-diving swimmer.

For a very small, but growing number of people, diminutive dwellings are making dreams come true.

An elusive sea creature that boasts a vibrant golden shell covered in thick, slimy hair was recently spotted for the first time in 31 years, researchers say.

The complicated world of hyena sex involves social hierarchies, weird and potentially dangerous courtship rituals and female pseudopenises that make forced sex impossible.

A new report advises parents to start talking to their children early about alcohol, in order to prevent dangerous consequences.