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On your car windshield, ice is a nuisance. But on an airplane, a wind turbine, an oil rig or power line, it can be downright dangerous. And removing it with the methods that are available today--usually chemical melting ...

In a breakthrough for energy-efficient computing, engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown for the first time that magnetic chips can operate with the lowest fundamental level of energy dissipation...

Watch our latest big-idea animation to find out how computers solve problems using a novel thinking process

(University of Vermont) The recent discovery of a molecule that rescues damaged blood vessels, yet preserves healthy vessels, could serve as a springboard for a new pharmaceutical therapy with fewer side effects for hype...

City lights weren't the only thing visible from space on March 7. A NASA satellite caught a glimpse of the spectacular phenomenon from above as stargazers across northern Europe viewed the brilliant shades of green and p...

A suspected "sea monster" that washed ashore in Mexico is likely just a portion of a sperm whale's head.