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Scientists used high-power laser beams at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to simulate the shock effects of a meteorite impact in silica, one of the most abundant materials in the Earth's c...

Caterpillars that munch on corn leaves have developed a clever way to get the most nutrients from their meals: They use their poop to trick the plants into lowering their defenses.

An unmanned aerial vehicle operated by Safety Security Rescue Research Center (SSRRC) team members captured this image of devastation in Pearlington, Miss., during a search for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

A team of physicists from Cornell has shown that rapid, repeated measurements can freeze matter in place, in a paper recently accepted for publication by Physical Review Letters. The phenomenon, called the quantum Zeno e...

A novel approach that should "significantly accelerate materials discovery" is the subject of a new article in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters .

Before the dinosaur age, the coelacanth -- a hefty, mysterious fish that now breathes with its gills -- sported a well-developed lung, a new study finds.

Like its modern-day descendants, an ancient big fish known as a coelacanth had gills, but it also sported a well-developed lung, a new study finds.

For kids, spending time in the great outdoors may lower the risk of becoming nearsighted, new research suggests.

In the last few years, experimental robotic limbs have made great advances, promising people who are paralyzed or have lost a limb the return of some sorely missed freedom. In...

A team at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, has succeeded in launching 50 drones that were all piloted by a single person

The tulip called Queen of the Night has a fitting name. Its petals are a lush, deep purple that verges on black. An iridescent shimmer dances on top of the nighttime hues, almost like moonlight glittering off regal jewel...

In the Marvel Comics universe, Professor Xavier and the X-Men are only able to fend off their archrival Magneto, the magnetic mutant with the ability to control metals, once they truly understand the scope of the villain...

There are signs that mustard gas may have been used in Syria and Iraq, but rather than making it themselves, ISIS may be recycling forgotten weapons

Scientists revive an ancient giant virus from the Siberian permafrost -- a discovery with the potential to elucidate the origin of life.

Based in Malaysia, a new networking platform lets users advertise goods and services and share any proceeds with others who reshare and like their posts

Creating futuristic, next generation materials called 'metallic glass' that are ultra-strong and ultra-flexible will become easier and cheaper, based on UNSW Australia research that can predict for the first time which c...

When an old beech tree toppled over during winter storms in Ireland this year a skeletal surprise was hiding in the gigantic mass of roots pulled from the ground: the remains of a medieval lad.

Like an episode of "Bones," the mangled skeleton of a medieval teenager was found when a 215-year-old birch tree uprooted during a storm in Ireland. Here's a look at what archaeologists found at the made-for-TV site.

(Phys.org)--The laws of physics are the same no matter which direction you're facing or how fast you're moving--it's such an intuitive concept that most people probably don't know that it has a name: Lorentz symmetry. Ov...

Featured Media Resource: VIDEO: "Career Spotlight: Industrial Engineer" (KQED QUEST)Industrial engineer and systems analyst Monica Barin shares her path towards a career in solar technology, and how failure was actually ...

Contaminated cocaine caused a woman's bizarre symptoms in the Netherlands.

Solar systems with habitable planets seem to be made of different stuff to our sun, meaning alien worlds probably aren't like Earth, a new study suggests