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(Phys.org)--A team of researchers working at the University of Konstanz, in Germany is claiming to have directly sampled electric-field vacuum fluctuations, which would be the first ever made. In their paper published in...

If you're guilty of phubbing, you may want to change your ways sooner rather than later.

I got an email from a reader yesterday asking for help in understanding a video that she'd seen, in which a citizen-scientist performs an experiment with a very surprising result: moonlight makes things colder! How could...

A serendipitous deal between a history museum and a smuggler has provided new insight into one of the most famous stories ever told: "The Epic of Gilgamesh."

The 300-foot tsunami, which was triggered by a volcanic collapse, engulfed an island off the west coast of Africa some 730,000 years ago. The finding suggests similar disasters might pose a major hazard for people living...

Hurricane Joaquin, a Category 4 storm that is currently battering the central Bahamas, appears to be replacing its eye, according to weather forecasters.

Evidence for the sudden collapse of Fogo volcano 73,000 years ago and a massive tsunami raises concern that such freak events are more frequent that thought

A male form of "the pill" has stymied researchers for years, but now a new study finds that such male birth control may be possible by blocking a single protein in sperm cells.

Anxiety tends to run in families. Now, researchers say they may have found a way to help these families.

A new breed of experiments seeks sources of cosmic rays and other astrophysics phenomena. Ghostlike subatomic particles called neutrinos could hold clues to some of the greatest scientific questions about our universe: W...

Fusion reactors could become an economically viable means of generating electricity within a few decades, and policy makers should start planning to build them as a replacement for conventional nuclear power stations, ac...

When a country such as Iran is wary of nuclear inspections, an experimental detector could help ensure that its reactors are not making plutonium for weapons

Chameleons may be known for their impressive color-changing abilities, but these curious creatures are also expert tree climbers Now researchers know why: the chameleons have twice as many wrist and ankle bones as was pr...

This Monday (September 28th) we welcomed the first group of startups entering the inaugural SU Labs Accelerator. The accelerator is a rigorous 10-week track in which seven startups progress through...

The storm, which was upgraded to Category 4 on Oct. 1st, 2015, was captured by the NOAA Goes-East satellite. Images from September 29th to October 1st have been compiled and looped.

Before embarking on a transcontinental journey, jet airplanes fill up with tens of thousands of gallons of fuel. In the event of a crash, such large quantities of fuel increase the severity of an explosion upon impact. R...

A new breed of experiments seeks sources of cosmic rays and other astrophysics phenomena. Ghostlike subatomic particles called neutrinos could hold clues to some of the greatest scientific questions about our universe: W...

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have arrived at how what is known as time-reversal symmetry can break in one class of superconducting material. The results have been published in the highly ranked Nature...

Feral cats adjust their ranges depending on the greenery of their environment, which reflects the resources available.

New fossil evidence suggests human ancestors may have split from chimps as early as 10 million years ago, bringing fossil evidence in line with data from molecular clocks

The tongue is a mighty flexible organ. It enables licking, breathing, tasting, swallowing and speaking.

(Institute of Physics) A handful of scientists are combining their favorite hobby with their day job, to form the emerging field of 'speleophysics' -- exploring how underground caves form, evolve and move water from one ...