The scales of a pine cone open in low humidity to scatter seeds but close in damp conditions to protect seeds from moisture. An artificial material with the same behavior could be useful in ...

The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) is proud to announce the expansion of its flagship program, the Research Science Institute (RSI), to the campus of Stanford University starting in the ...

It's nearly 170 million years old. It's more than 2.5 times the size of Earth. And it's the first exoplanet discovered and ...

From the 1800s to the early 2000s, physicists used the same theory to understand the behavior of fluids. Now, using a modern ...

Hyderabad-born Rohan Naidu led the discovery of the mysterious, strange object that astronomers now call 'Black Hole Star.' ...

Within the brain, neurons compute by generating electrical impulses. These signals travel throughout neurons, which are in ...

Quantum computing will reshape encryption, but not overnight, and a disciplined, phased approach lets organizations modernize cryptographic foundations without disruption while strengthening security ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a bizarre object from just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang that looks like an enormous star but shines far too brightly ...

MIT's new framework weighs the physical inputs and plant construction costs fusion needs to actually compete in energy markets, not just achieve ignition in a lab. The system works across any fusion ...

An illustration of the experimental concept shows how researchers study phases in quantum material. In the background, the uniform blue stripes are the dominant order, and the subtle red stripe ...

As the race to capitalize on artificial intelligence intensifies, tech giants are making bold promises about AI’s potential to accelerate the global transition to clean energy. But do those claims ...

In the last decade, scientists have shown that fusion energy can work, as a physical process. Next question: Can it work ...