Scientists pinpoint cause of harmful dendrites and whiskers in lithium batteries

Scientists have uncovered a root cause of the growth of needle-like structures—known as dendrites and whiskers—that…

The nano-guitar string that plays itself

Scientists at Lancaster University and the University of Oxford have created a nano-electronic circuit which vibrates…

The Russian who could have been first to Moon

Alexei Leonov, who died on Friday, could have been the first human to land on the…

Commentary: As a birder, I see the effects of climate change every day. Now, Audubon has quantified the threat

For serious birders who regularly observe birds in the wild, ignoring climate change isn’t possible. We…

Converting absorbed photons by 2-oxocarboxylic acids into highly reactive singlet oxygen

Researchers at the University of Kentucky found that when aqueous solutions with pyruvic acid, a 2-oxocarboxylic…

Men are harder competitors: study

In competition situations, men invest more resources than women in reducing the performance of competitors. Men…

Clay minerals call the shots with carbon

Clay minerals suspended in seawater binds sedimentary organic carbon to their mineral surfaces. But the quantity…

Researchers design new material using artificial intelligence

Researchers at TU Delft have developed a new supercompressible but strong material without conducting any experimental…

3-D integrated metasurfaces stacking up for impressive holography

Physicists and materials scientists have developed a compact optical device containing vertically stacked metasurfaces that can…

Does technology make moving nukes safe? Depends whom you ask

The plutonium core for the first atomic weapon detonated in 1945 was taken from Los Alamos…