Thanks to ALMA’s powerful precision, scientists have now confirmed that comet C/2014 UN271 holds the title of the largest ...

In a stunning peek into how planets are born, astronomers caught millimeter-sized dust grains clinging to the windy walls of ...

A team at the Technical University of Munich has created a high-tech robotic tool designed to step in during critical moments, like when someone’s lung fails. The device is an advanced robot arm ...

Neutrinos are ghostly particles—no charge, barely any mass, and yet they flood the cosmos. Born in places like the Sun, ...

In a groundbreaking experiment, physicists at the University of Jyväskylä have detected the heaviest nucleus ever recorded to decay via proton emission—a rare phenomenon in nuclear physics. The ...

Lead author Aly Kombargi, PhD’25, who graduated this spring from MIT with a doctorate in mechanical engineering, said, “This work highlights aluminum’s potential as a clean energy source and offers a ...

A three-panel image, two at the top and one stretched across the bottom. At top left, two spiral galaxies are widely separated against the black background of space. At top right, two face-on spiral ...

Cannabis consumption among older adults in the U.S. is skyrocketing, reaching levels never seen before. According to a recent analysis led by researchers at the NYU School of Global Public Health, 7 ...

Now, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, led by Kota Hayashi, have pushed the limits of astrophysical simulations. Using Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer, they created the ...

Soft machines, made from flexible materials such as soft plastics, could be beneficial in fields like nuclear cleanup, medicine, and space exploration. However, their real-world use has been limited ...

The study analyzed more than 2,500 toddlers between 12 and 48 months of age, making it the most extensive investigation. Researchers examined a spectrum of developmental markers—language abilities, ...

AI models can excel in many fields, but their ability to understand emotions is still unclear. Researchers from the University of Geneva and the University of Bern tested six AIs, including ChatGPT, ...