New laser setup probes metamaterial structures with ultrafast pulses

A new technique offers a safe, reliable, and high-throughput way to dynamically characterize microscale metamaterials. The method could…

This 3D printer can watch itself fabricate objects

Engineers have developed a high-throughput, multimaterial 3D inkjet printer that uses computer vision to rapidly and…

Not so silver lining: Microplastics found in clouds could affect the weather

From the depths of the seas to snow on mountains and even the air above cities,…

How Black Holes Consume Entropy

Entropy is one of those fearsomely deep concepts that form the core of entire fields of…

Previously unknown luminescence revealed in ten deep sea species and an order of sea cucumbers

Researchers present evidence of previously unknown luminosity in 10 deep-sea species, suggesting underestimated diversity. These new…

Researcher helps solve 60-year mystery inside heart

Scientists have solve a 60-year-old mystery about one of the body’s most vital organs: the heart. …

Melting ice falling snow: Sea ice declines enhance snowfall over West Antarctica

As the world continues to warm, Antarctica is losing ice at an increasing pace, but the…

Downloading NASA's dark matter data from above the clouds

Data from a NASA mission to map dark matter around galaxy clusters has been saved by…

US men die 6 years before women, as life expectancy gap widens

We’ve known for more than a century that women outlive men. But new research shows that,…

'Bouncing' comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets

How did the molecular building blocks for life end up on Earth? One long-standing theory is…