Using DNA-like punch cards to store data

A team of researchers at the University of Illinois and the University of Texas has developed…

The Wolfram Physics Project hopes to find fundamental theory of physics

Physicist and entrepreneur Stephen Wolfram has unveiled “The Wolfram Physics Project,” which he subtitles “A Project…

Untwisting plastics for charging Internet-of-Things devices

Untwisting chains of atoms within a plastic polymer improves its ability to conduct electricity, according to…

How NASA is helping the world breathe more easily

Look around. Can you see the air? No? Click here for original story, How…

Light from stretchable sheets of atoms for quantum technologies

A team of Australian scientists from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the Australian National…

Major outburst and X-ray pulsations detected from RX J0209.6−7427

An international team of astronomers has identified a major outburst and X-ray pulsation from an X-ray…

New mask material can remove virus-size nanoparticles

Scientists around the world are scrambling to adapt their research to find solutions to the many…

Researchers find organic carbons are also absorbing light—and likely harming people's health

A telltale signature of a cookstove, commonly used to prepare food or provide heat by burning…

Diet diversity: Hawkfish species coexist on coral reefs thanks to differing food preferences

How can many species of hawkfish coexist in proximity on the same coral reef? The answer…

How to tame 'wicked problems' like COVID-19

It is easy to buy into the narrative that COVID-19 is one of the five horsemen…