Researchers develop new mechanism to create water-repellent surfaces

Researchers have developed a new mechanism to make water droplets slip off surfaces, and describe it…

Increased West Antarctic ice sheet melting 'unavoidable,' say scientists

Scientists ran simulations on the UK’s national supercomputer to investigate ocean-driven melting of the West Antarctic…

Mouse mummies point to mammalian life in 'Mars-like' Andes

The dry, wind-swept summits of volcanoes in the Puna de Atacama of Chile and Argentina are…

Researchers trace a powerful radio signal to the most distant source yet—a galaxy billions of lightyears away

Every day and night, hundreds of thousands of intense, brief flashes of radiation suddenly flicker on…

Researchers study fast-moving black hole to better understand formation of black hole binaries

UMass Dartmouth Ph.D. students Tousif Islam (lead author) and Feroz H. Shaik, alongside Assistant Professor Vijay…

New technology could lead to quick, minimally invasive cancer diagnoses

A new device created at the University of Notre Dame employs an innovative method for “listening…

Scientists amplify superconducting sensor array signals near the quantum limit

Understanding how energy moves in materials is fundamental to the study of quantum phenomena, catalytic reactions,…

Exploring the potential and applications of superhydrophobic surfaces

Researchers led by Prof. Zhang Junping from the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese…

3D-printed hairs: Professor developing tiny sensors to detect flow and environmental changes

Eyelashes and brows catch dust and debris from entering eyes. The same idea goes for tiny…

Harnessing heat-induced floral overexpression using CRISPR techniques

Plant migration and gene flow from genetically modified or invasive plant species to wild relatives is…