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Extracting gas from new sources is vital in order to supplement dwindling conventional supplies. Shale reservoirs host gas trapped in the pores of mudstone, which consists of a mixture of silt mineral particles ranging f...

Since their invention more than 100 years ago, airplanes have been moved through the air by the spinning surfaces of propellers or turbines. But watching science fiction movies like the Star Wars, Star Trek, and Back to ...

The incredible mask elicited tears from one of its discoverers.

Researchers report increased light pollution resulting from outdoor artificial light exposure is linked to a higher risk of sleep disorders and prescription of hypnotic drugs in older people.

Researchers have alleviated schizophrenia symptoms in mice by restoring the ErbB4 receptor.

A team of scientists from Arizona State University's School of Molecular Sciences and Germany have published in Science Advances online today an explanation of how a particular phase-change memory (PCM) material can work...

During the short heavy-ion run at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, every moment counts. When physicist Marta Verweij arrived at CERN in early November, one of the first things she did was pull an all-nighter in the con...

Findings may explain why children born by C-sections are more prone to suffer from chronic immune system diseases that those born via vaginal birth, researchers report.

A new study reports kicks and movements of unborn babies in the womb allow the child to map their bodies and assist in the eventual exploration of their surroundings.

Ancient human relatives lived on the Arabian Peninsula for an astonishingly long time -- from about 240,000 to 190,000 years ago -- and spread into the heart of the region by following its blue rivers and lakes, a new st...

17 willing participants got very, very high for science -- and they found vaping weed is way stronger than smoking it.

Many studies about social media use and health have a fundamental flaw - they use unreliable self-reports about how much people use technology

Orbital Reflector, a giant balloon that will inflate in Earth's orbit and reflect the sun's light, is the latest attempt at large-scale art in space. But space art should do more than mimic the stars

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has determined how to use hydrogen ions, "pumped" from water in the air ...

Half a billion people who've stayed at Marriott hotels may have had their data exposed, including passport numbers and credit card details

Arya Stark and Hodor from "Game of Thrones" inspired the scientific names of newfound deep-sea worms.

Medical physicist Dr. Aswin Hoffmann and his team from the Institute of Radiooncology--OncoRay at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have combined magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a proton beam, thus de...

Why does quantum mechanics work so well for microscopic objects, yet macroscopic objects are described by classical physics? This question has bothered physicists since the development of quantum theory more than 100 yea...

The caves are in just the right spot to hold these biblical-era manuscripts.

Two French caves contain dozens of prehistoric images of hands that are missing fingers, suggesting people voluntarily had their fingers amputated

Four centimeters of bonus straightening have occurred since engineering to lessen the list concluded in 2001 --

When strolling along the beach, our footprints tell us that the sand under the surface must have moved but not precisely where or how. Similar movements occur in many other natural and man-made substances, such as snow, ...