Ask someone on Earth for the time and they can give you an exact answer, thanks to our planet's intricate timekeeping system, ...

A unique species living at the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site has evolved to have a special ability which could help humans ...

Chinese researchers have discovered that interstitial carbon in iron-carbon alloys behaves in a superionic, liquid-like state under Earth’s core pressure and temperature conditions. Beneath Earth’s ...

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

ORNL’s Sarah Szakas prepares a sample for high-precision isotopic measurement using a state-of-the-art multi-collector ...

Two bacteriologists showed that mutations arise spontaneously in bacterial cultures, thereby disproving Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ...

In the summer of 2019, ecologist Patrick Sullivan and a Super Cub plane pilot navigated over the narrow valleys of the Brooks Range in northern Alaska, winding toward the remote headwaters of the ...

Scientists have decoded the atomic-level secrets behind catalysts that turn propane into propylene. Their algorithms reveal unexpected oxide behavior that stabilizes the catalytic reaction by ...

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called “Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?” Hawking, who later became my ...

Assuming our solar system’s newest interstellar object isn’t an alien mothership sent here to menace us, humankind still hasn’t spotted any signs of extraterrestrial life, let alone intelligence — ...

For decades, scientists have relied on a popular idea referred to as cosmic inflation to explain how the universe began and why it looks the way it does today. This theory suggests the universe ...