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The number of people worldwide directly killed by antibiotic resistance will rise to 1.9 million a year by 2050, according to the most comprehensive study so far

Deep inside what we perceive as solid matter, the landscape is anything but stationary. The interior of the building blocks of the atom's nucleus--particles called hadrons that a high school student would recognize as pr...

Materials are crucial to modern technology, especially those used in extreme environments like nuclear energy systems and military applications. These materials need to withstand intense pressure, temperature and corrosi...

The rings of Saturn are some of the most famous and spectacular objects in the solar system. Earth may once have had something similar. In a paper published last week in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, my colleagues...

"What got you into astrophysics?" It's a question I'm often asked at outreach events, and I answer by pointing to my early passion for exploring the biggest questions about our universe. Well, along with seeing Star Wars...

Even though the strange behaviour we observe in the quantum realm isn't part of our daily lives, simulations suggest it is likely our reality could be one of the many worlds in a quantum multiverse

Understanding how light travels through various materials is essential for many fields, from medical imaging to manufacturing. However, due to their structure, materials often show directional differences in how they sca...

In a paper published in Physical Review Letters this week, physicists from Amsterdam and Copenhagen argue that close observations of merging black hole pairs may unveil information about potential new particles. The rese...

The ring could be responsible for a prolonged drop in temperatures millions of years ago.

Video of cell division occurring in a developing fly embryo named winner of the 14th annual Nikon Small World in Motion competition.

Echolocating bats can more easily find and pollinate long-stemmed flowers that stand out from the surrounding foliage, which may be why this floral trait evolved

Snoring is often viewed as harmless, at least to the snorer, but we are now uncovering its potentially serious effects on cardiovascular health. And finding ways to stop is surprisingly challenging

A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests.

A breakthrough in quantum technology research could help realize a new generation of precise quantum sensors that can operate at room temperature.

Vincent van Gogh's painting "The Starry Night" depicts a swirling blue sky with yellow moon and stars. The sky is an explosion of colors and shapes, each star encapsulated in ripples of yellow, gleaming with light like r...

The CMS experiment at CERN is the latest to weigh in on the mass of the W boson--an elementary particle that, along with the Z boson, mediates the weak force, which is responsible for a form of radioactivity and initiate...

From disaster recovery to conservation and healthcare, plenty of AI projects will greatly benefit humanity, Microsoft experts Juan M. Lavista Ferres and William B. Weeks say.

In 2022, physicists were excited by hints that something was wrong with our understanding of the universe - but new results have put that in doubt

Astronomers have gotten the first-ever detailed views of turbulent activity on a star other than our own sun.

Check out some of the best photos from 2024's Ocean Photographer of the Year competition.

A ring of asteroid debris could have orbited Earth for tens of millions of years, and perhaps even have altered the planet's climate

NASA's most distant spacecraft had a critical thruster problem far from home. Fixing it required a long-distance call to overcome extreme cold and dwindling power.