This week in science news, we discovered the near-complete remains of a never-before-seen mosasaur that dominated the ancient Pacific Ocean, learned of atom-size black holes that could be devouring ...

A study published in the academic journal The Astrophysical Journal in December 2023 proposes the hypothesis that an extremely small black hole, which was born almost at the same time as the birth of ...

The U.S. military doesn't just build big, scary tanks and giant warplanes; it's also interested in teeny, tiny stuff. The Pentagon's latest research project aims to improve today's technologies by ...

Renderings of a neutral domain wall perpendicular to the surface of a ferroelectric material (left) and a charged wall parallel to the surface (right). Red arrows represent positive charges, with blue ...

Scientists have created the smallest engine ever, in which the piston and connecting rod are replaced by a single atom of calcium. By alternately heating and cooling the electrically-charged atom, an ...

For all of the still-indistinguishable-from-magic wizardry packed into the three pounds of the adult human brain, it obeys the same rule as the other living tissue it controls: Oxygen is a must. So it ...