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A newly discovered volcano near Mars' "Labyrinth of Night" could be a "prime" spot to search for life on the Red Planet, scientists say.

A new device uses a reflective cavity, a tiny bead and an electrode to create a laser beam of sound particles ten times more powerful and much narrower than other "phonon lasers"

After four months of being unable to detect comprehensible data from the Voyager 1 spacecraft, NASA scientists have had fresh luck after sending a "poke."

In non-Hermitian systems, two or more eigenvalues and eigenstates of a resonant system coalesce at Exceptional points (EPs). Dynamic encircling of EPs has received significant interest in recent years, as it leads to hig...

A glare-free window that is opaque from the outside but still offers a clear view from inside could be made with a coating using billions of tiny bits of gold

Waste wood can be reconstituted into a form that can be 3D printed and used to produce furniture or other objects

Long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) imaging holds critical significance across many applications, from consumer electronics to defense and national security. It finds applications in night vision, remote sensing, and long-ra...

A U.S. computer storage company has calculated the irrational number pi to 105 trillion digits, breaking the previous world record. The calculations took 75 days to complete and used up 1 million gigabytes of data.

At the turn of the 20th century, Dr. Alois Alzheimer noticed peculiar changes in a freshly removed brain. The brain had belonged to a 50-year-old woman who gradually lost her memory and struggled with sleep, increased ag...

Researchers have found a new way to simplify the structure of high-efficiency blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), which could lead to longer-lasting and higher definition television screens.

Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) has been developed as an essential quantitative contrast for chemical imaging in recent years. However, the spectral resolution of the mainstream SRS modalities is always lower than the ...

Saturn's moon Titan may have hundreds of strange ridges called yardangs that could teach us how the icy moon's geology and conditions vary across its surface

Geologists have found that the rocks of the Barberton Greenstone Belt are similar to those subjected to earthquakes and landslides in New Zealand.

A modeling study suggests a slumbering subduction zone below the Gibraltar Strait is active and could break into the Atlantic Ocean in 20 million years' time, giving birth to an Atlantic "Ring of Fire."

The Samsung Galaxy Buds2 are one of our favorite all-time running headphones thanks to qualities like their comfort. They're also now selling with $43.28 off at Walmart.

People with mental illness have greater amounts of damaged RNA than those without a mental health condition, which might explain the link between mental illness and age-related diseases such as cancer

People with mental health conditions have greater amounts of damaged RNA than those without one, which might explain the link between the conditions and age-related diseases such as cancer

Unlike regular bathroom scales, the RENPHO Smart Scales provide 13 body composition metrics like body fat and muscle mass -- and they've been reduced to $29.99 at Walmart.

A study conducted on two snake farms has found that breeding pythons for meat is more energy and resource-efficient than current livestock production, offering a viable protein alternative.

Scientists built an app that let them control a robot using hand gestures while wearing the Apple Vision Pro VR headset.

Astronomers have taken the most detailed image of the Vela supernova remnant ever. The stunning, 1.3-gigapixel image is also the largest ever released from the Dark Energy Camera.

An expert explains leprosy, an ancient disease caused by two different bacteria, one of which was only identified in 2008.