Scientists have confirmed that, within the swirling dust storms common on Mars' surface, small electrical discharges occur as ...

In physical systems, transport takes many forms, such as electric current through a wire, heat through metal, or even water through a pipe. Each of these flows can be described by how easily the ...

Scientists are closing in on a long‑standing mystery in space physics: why some auroras erupt in sudden, explosive bursts instead of slowly shimmering across the sky. The emerging picture points to a ...

"Mineral-only" sunscreens are making huge inroads into the sunscreen market, driven by fears of "chemicals," a belief that ...

The problem was with software that calculates the elevation of a plane. Solar particles from the Sun can mess with the ...

For nearly a century, scientists have understood how crystalline materials—such as metals and semiconductors—bend without ...

People infected with HIV must take antiretroviral drugs for life. But engineered antibodies appeared to suppress the virus for certain participants in recent trials in Africa and Europe ...

The atmosphere is emerging as a domain of strategic competition with profound implications for national security, economic ...

When International Institute for Nanotechnology director and chemistry Prof. Chad Mirkin found out last week that he would be the recipient of the 2023-2024 Harvey Prize in Science and Technology, he ...

An effect first observed decades ago by Nobel laureate Arthur Ashkin has been used to fine tune the electrical charge on ...

Researchers from King Abdullah University of Saudi Arabia and the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that sunlight makes the ...

Physicists using near-absolute-zero detectors have reached unprecedented sensitivity in the hunt for light dark matter. A ...