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Few recognize the vast implications of materials science. To build today's smartphone in the 1980s, it would cost about $110 million, require nearly 200 kilowatts of energy (compared to 2kW per year today), and the devic...

A team at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility led by a William & Mary physicist has made a significant advancement in physics understanding that represents a key step toward practical fusion energy.

Using a high-speed "electron camera" at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, scientists have simultaneously captured the movements of electrons and nuclei in a molecule after it was excited wi...

Hungry bumblebees can make plants flower up to a month earlier than usual by cutting holes in their leaves, which may help them adapt to climate change

Following a one year program of aerobic exercise improves memory function and boosts blood flow to brain areas critical for cognition in older adults with risk factors for dementia.

A mysterious inflammatory syndrome tied to COVID-19 that has been reported in children is now also turning up in young adults in their early 20s.

Drumming in a group stimulates behavioral and physiological synchronization, which contributes to the formation of social bonds and the ability to cooperate.

Hardy and resilient Welwitschia is unlike anything on Earth, but climate change appears to be pushing these plants past their limits

Scientists don't yet know when or how the behavior evolved.

Poaching is up, zoos are running out of money, and conservation funding has been slashed. But there's hope the pandemic could make biodiversity a higher priority

An estimated 2,000 premature births have been prevented by widespread HPV vaccination in Australia, possibly by protecting against damage to the cervix

New evidence suggests the brain can update poorly formed memories with incorrect information, leading to the creation of false memories.

A highly detailed digital replica of the face of England's King Henry VII offers a glimpse of how the monarch may have looked in life.

The elephant likely died of old age, and stone tools nearby indicate it was scavenged.

Researchers have developed a way to use smartphone images of a person's eyelids to assess blood hemoglobin levels. The ability to perform one of the most common clinical lab tests without a blood draw could help reduce t...

Researchers at University of Delaware, University of Arizona and Haverford College have recently introduced the idea of searching for scalar dark matter using compact acoustic resonators. Their paper, published in Physic...

Physicists are finding ways to contribute to projects related to epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, supporting healthcare systems, and studying public sentiment. Biomedical researchers are racing to understand the virus...

A trans-Neptunian object known as 2002 TC302 appears to have a large moon at an unusually close orbit

Scientists used sonar and gravimeters to measure the gargantuan Pūhāhonu volcano in Hawaii -- and it's the world's biggest.

New imagery pinpoints the spot where a baby planet is forming around the young star AB Aurigae, which lies 520 light-years from Earth.

It's not clear why ancient people dug up these chambers, but evidence suggests they used them in everyday life.

(DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Using SLAC's high-speed 'electron camera,' scientists simultaneously captured the movements of electrons and nuclei in a light-excited molecule. This marks the first time this h...