The search for materials that can conduct electricity at room temperature without losing energy is one of the greatest and most consequential challenges of modern physics: loss-free power transmission ...

A laboratory in the U.S. has built high-purity gas conversion and purification systems for silane and germane to boost quantum material development.

When the densest objects in the universe collide and merge, the violence sets off ripples, in the form of gravitational waves ...

Every year on February 11, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science highlights the important roles women have in discovery and innovation. The United Nations created this day in 2015 to ...

From the Skripal poisonings to the invasion of Ukraine to subverting American elections, it is hard to think of a Russian outrage Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev has not been involved in. He is ...

On January 14, 2025, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatories (LIGOs) recorded a cosmic tremor unlike any before. Named GW250114, the signal was the ‘loudest’ gravitational wave ...

New York City, Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OpenSciEd today announced the release of its groundbreaking middle school curriculum that seamlessly integrates computer science (CS) into general ...

A newly detected gravitational wave, GW250114, is giving scientists their clearest look yet at a black hole collision—and a powerful way to test Einstein’s theory of gravity. Its clarity allowed ...

Welcome back to another general science quiz! This 28-question challenge pulls from physics, biology, chemistry, and Earth science to test both your memory and your reasoning skills. Some questions ...

Less than 40 percent of public middle schools say that they are offering computer science coursework. Credit: Allison Shelley for EDUimages The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up ...

A newly built very large gas carrier (VLGC) was named Lucent Pathfinder at a ceremony held at Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Sakaide Works, marking the seventh dual-fuel LPG carrier using LPG ordered by ...

Dr. Shech is a professor of philosophy who specializes in the philosophy of science. As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about ...