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Scientists greeted the news that the Nobel Physics Prize was awarded Tuesday for research on black holes with regret that the accolade came too late for world-renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who died in 2018.

Synthetic biology is like a reality-altering version of Minecraft. Rather than digital blocks, synthetic biology rejiggers the basic building blocks of life--DNA, proteins, biochemical circuits--to rewire living organism...

Magnetic fields are used in various areas of modern physics and engineering, with practical applications ranging from doorbells to maglev trains. Since Nikola Tesla's discoveries in the 19th century, researchers have str...

A team of researchers from Germany and Austria has taken a new measurement of the nucleus of a thorium-229 isotope, moving one step closer to a nuclear clock. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Lette...

Quantum mechanics arose in the 1920s, and since then scientists have disagreed on how best to interpret it. Many interpretations, including the Copenhagen interpretation presented by Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, and...

Archaeologists have now discovered 59 mummy coffins in Saqqara in Egypt. Many of the mummies are likely the remains of priests.

Study reports a link between the consumption of sugary drinks and diets high in sugars in breastfeeding mothers and cognitive developmental problems in their babies.

The Alzheimer's risk gene ApoE4 hampers the process of endocytosis in astrocytes.

Melting snow in Antarctica reveals ancient penguin 'mummies' dating to 5,000 years ago.

Study of pregnant mice found excess folic acid is detrimental to brain development in fetuses. Mice exposed in-utero to higher doses of folic acid had significant brain changes compared to those who were exposed to lower...

An examination of brainstems from children and young adults constantly exposed to air pollution reveals markers of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and motor neuron disease. Findings suggest air pollution poses ...

Nobel physics laureate Roger Penrose on Tuesday said his late colleague Stephen Hawking richly deserved a share of the prize after the British scientists conducted pioneering research into black holes.

SpaceX delivered its 13th batch of Starlink satellites to orbit Tuesday (Oct.6), following a two-week delay due to bad weather.

Marine biologists have discovered an enormous great white shark they're calling the "queen of the ocean" off the coast of Nova Scotia.

Normally, the application process to get the drug takes a week or so, Stat News reported.

Smartwatches that tell you how long you will take to complete a race normally base their predictions on just one parameter, but a new mathematical model based on two variables is more accurate

Did life begin suddenly in a chemical big bang, or did the ingredients come together slowly, bit by bit from a primordial soup? Science with sam explores

Most of the rogue planets we've found floating in space without stars have been huge, but for the first time astronomers have spotted one about as massive as Earth

Something pulled the outer layer of Cassiopeia A off before it detonated to form this gorgeous supernova. But what?

As the global energy market shifts from coal, petroleum fuel, and natural gas to more environmentally friendly primary energy sources, hydrogen is becoming a crucial pillar in the clean energy movement. Developing safe a...

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The LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration has published results showing radioactive background levels for experiment's components, creating a library for future rare event searches. The subatomic world just got a lot quieter for the ...