Astronomers have finally identified the source of unusual X-rays from the bright star gamma-Cas, resolving a decades-long ...

A new quantum sensing approach could dramatically improve how scientists measure low-frequency electric fields, a task that ...

Researchers have developed a technique for detecting and measuring the concentration of many rare-earth elements in plants, ...

A new analytical method could improve how cancer treatments are designed - by allowing scientists to track, for the first time, exactly where inside a living cell a drug accumulates. Researchers from ...

Glaciers can reveal vast archives of information about Earth's environmental past, but deciphering the origins of the matter ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) are everywhere. These tiny particles—formed by abrasion, fragmentation, and open burning of plastics—are found in the ocean, the Arctic, Himalayan glaciers, air, ...

Periodic signal analysis enhances optics and photonics experiments using lock-in amplifiers and boxcar techniques.

VO2 max is a measure of the maximum amount of oxygen the body can handle during intense exercise. A doctor explains how it's ...

If you walk across the open yard in front of the Physics, Math and Astronomy building at the University of Texas at Austin, ...

A chemist in Switzerland synthesized a drug that alters consciousness in 1943. His discovery changed the study of medicine, ...

Thin films might not come up in conversation every day, but they are all around us. Take the metallic plastic films of chip ...

Researchers have developed a compact camera that captures ultraviolet, near-infrared, and visible images using a single chip. Inspired by the multiwavelength vision capability of the mantis shrimp, ...