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A new light on significantly faster computer memory devices

The future of fighting cancer: Zapping tumors in less than a second

Force Push VR brings Jedi powers to life

Brilliant iron molecule could provide cheaper solar energy

Scientists reveal substantial water loss in global landlocked regions

Force Push VR brings Jedi powers to life

Brilliant iron molecule could provide cheaper solar energy

Light triggers gold in unexpected way

Great strides for carbon capture using earth-abundant elements as photocatalytic system

Greenhouse gas 'detergent' recycles itself in atmosphere

Great strides for carbon capture using earth-abundant elements as photocatalytic system

How microscopic machines can fail in the blink of an eye

To image leaky atmosphere, NASA rocket team heads north

A new way to see stress -- using supercomputers

The physics of extracting gas from shale formations

Newly discovered supernova complicates origin story theories

Newly discovered supernova complicates origin story theories

More sensitive MRI diagnostics thanks to innovative 'elastic' contrast media

Table-top experiment flips current understanding of solutal convection

Searching an artificial bee colony for real-world results

Black hole 'donuts' are actually 'fountains'

Black hole 'donuts' are actually 'fountains'

Virtual reality could serve as powerful environmental education tool

'Sudoku' X-Ray uncovers movements within opaque materials

The Wizard of Oz most 'influential' film of all time according to network science

Scientists find a way to enhance the performance of quantum computers

Switching identities: Revolutionary insulator-like material also conducts electricity

Switching identities: Revolutionary insulator-like material also conducts electricity

All of the starlight ever produced by the observable universe measured

The whole of Africa was the cradle of humankind

All of the starlight ever produced by the observable universe measured

With these nanoparticles, a simple urine test could diagnose bacterial pneumonia

Insight into swimming fish could lead to robotics advances

It's not a shock: Better bandage promotes powerful healing

Revealing hidden information in sound waves

Whales lost their teeth before evolving hair-like baleen in their mouths

Artificial magnetic field produces exotic behavior in graphene sheets

What happens when materials take tiny hits

Toolbox for studying the existence of animal cultures

Effective new target for mood-boosting brain stimulation found

New research could fine-tune the gene scissors CRISPR

Oldest-known ancestor of modern primates may have come from North America, not Asia

Lizards adapt to invasive fire ants, reversing geographical patterns of lizard traits

Hubble uncovers thousands of globular star clusters scattered among galaxies

Making it easier to transform freeform 2D sketching into 3D Models

Hubble uncovers thousands of globular star clusters scattered among galaxies

Gas clouds whirling around black hole form heart of distant astronomical object

An important step towards completely secure quantum communication networks

Gas clouds whirling around black hole form heart of distant astronomical object

Safer and cheaper 3D medical imaging

A new way to create Saturn's radiation belts

A new way to create Saturn's radiation belts

High-contrast imaging for cancer therapy with protons

Big results from small solutions: New method for analyzing metalloproteins

Tool for speedy diagnosis of bacterial infections

New method automatically computes realistic movement with friction from 3D design

Stone tools linked to ancient human ancestors in Arabia have surprisingly recent date

New study reveals common table salt may have been crucial for the origins of life

New catalyst produces cheap hydrogen fuel

New catalyst produces cheap hydrogen fuel

Interfacial electronic state improving hydrogen storage capacity in Pd-MOF materials

AI could help cities detect expensive water leaks

Reproducing paintings that make an impression

Study unlocks full potential of 'supermaterial' graphene

A prosthetic arm that decodes phantom limb movements

Virtual library of 1 million new macrolide scaffolds could help speed drug discovery

How much do you trust Dr. Google?

Computer hackers could be thwarted by new 'deception consistency' method

Innate 'fingerprint' could detect tampered steel parts

Jumpin' droplets! Researchers seek to improve efficiency of condensers

To replicate physical objects for virtual reality, just turn on your smartphone

Intelligent framework aims to optimize data transfer in 5G networks

Reading rats' minds

Flexible electronic skin aids human-machine interactions

Flexible electronic skin aids human-machine interactions

New device widens light beams by 400 times

US groundwater in peril: Potable supply less than thought

Easy to use 3D bioprinting technique creates lifelike tissues from natural materials

Fires fueled spread of grasslands on ancient Earth

Device could provide refrigeration for off-grid locations

Potential arthritis treatment prevents cartilage breakdown

Potential arthritis treatment prevents cartilage breakdown

Atomic jet: First lens for extreme-ultraviolet light developed

Cod: Loss of breeding grounds in warmer world

Atomic clocks now keep time well enough to improve models of Earth

'Mini-placentas' could provide a model for early pregnancy

Atomic clocks now keep time well enough to improve models of Earth

Researchers map light and sound wave interactions in optical fibers

A golden age for particle analysis

First risk genes for ADHD found

Hard limits on the postselectability of optical graph states

Artificial joint restores wrist-like movements to forearm amputees

Online gaming addiction in men affects brain's impulse control

A big step toward the practical application of 3D holography with high- performance computers

Microscope measures muscle weakness

Blue Brain Project releases first-ever digital 3D brain cell atlas

The potentially deadly bacterium that's on everyone's skin

Scientists achieve direct electrocatalytic reduction of CO2, raising hopes for smart carbon capture

Scientists achieve direct electrocatalytic reduction of CO2, raising hopes for smart carbon capture

Failure modes analysis of electrofluidic display under thermal ageing

Detective mission to characterize and trace the history of a new African meteorite

Insight into the brain's hidden depths: Scientists develop minimally invasive probe

New device for manipulating and moving tiny objects with light

Photonic radiation sensors survive huge doses undamaged

Computers successfully trained to identify animals in photos

Putting hybrid-electric aircraft performance to the test

AI system may accelerate search for cancer discoveries

NASA Hears MarCO CubeSats Loud and Clear from Mars

Microplastics pollution in Falklands as high as UK

Solving a 75-year-old mystery might provide a new source of farm fertilizer

Researchers restore breathing, partial forelimb function in rats with spinal cord injuries

Solving a 75-year-old mystery might provide a new source of farm fertilizer

Oxygen could have been available to life as early as 3.5 billion years ago

Prehistoric cave art suggests ancient use of complex astronomy

Prehistoric cave art suggests ancient use of complex astronomy

Single-cell asymmetries control how groups of cells form 3D shapes together

A life cycle solution to fossil fuel impacts

Why screen time can disrupt sleep

How plastic waste moves in the environment

Blood-sucking flies have been spreading malaria for 100 million years

Why screen time can disrupt sleep

Scientists decode mechanism of remembering -- and forgetting -- in fruit flies

Newly discovered deep-sea microbes gobble greenhouse gases and perhaps oil spills, too

Nations must triple efforts to reach 2°C target, concludes annual review of global emissions, climate action

Extremely strong and yet incredibly ductile multicomponent alloys developed

InSight Is catching rays on Mars

Quantum computing at scale: Scientists achieve compact, sensitive qubit readout

Draw-your-own electrodes set to speed up development of micro detection devices

Extreme heat increasing in both summer and winter

Scientists unveil promising new HIV vaccine strategy

A water treatment breakthrough, inspired by a sea creature

Disordered materials could be hardest, most heat-tolerant carbides

Disordered materials could be hardest, most heat-tolerant carbides

Citrate-based biomaterial fuels bone healing with less rejection

NASA InSight lander arrives on Martian surface

NASA InSight lander arrives on Martian surface

Creating rings in natural antibiotic synthesis

Simulations suggest graphene can stretch to be a tunable ion filter

Smarter AI: Machine learning without negative data

Mere sunlight can be used to eradicate pollutants in water

Coordinated development could help wind farms be better neighbors

Living electrodes with bacteria and organic electronics

Drones offer ability to find, ID and count marine megafauna

New technique to make objects invisible proposed

Racing electrons under control

Environment turns molecule into a switch

Molecular motors: Chemical carousel rotates in the cold

Making it crystal clear: Crystallinity reduces resistance in all-solid-state batteries

Light-activated, single-ion catalyst breaks down carbon dioxide

Advances in cellular microscopy: Transparent fruit flies

New technology for the first experiment with the greatest source of x-rays in the world

Light-activated, single-ion catalyst breaks down carbon dioxide

Artificial intelligence may help reduce gadolinium dose in MRI

Virtual models provide real knowledge in the grass family

Hairy nanotechnology provides green anti-scaling solution

NASA InSight Team on course for Mars touchdown

Machine learning masters the fingerprint to fool biometric systems

New federal climate assessment for U.S. released

Chemists develop new method for selective binding of proteins

Sustainable 'nano-raspberry' to neutralize poisonous carbon monoxide

Novel machine learning technique for simulating the every day task of dressing

Meta-surface corrects for chromatic aberrations across all kinds of lenses

The subtle science of wok tossing

Gigantic mammal 'cousin' discovered

ISS microbes should be monitored to avoid threat to astronaut health

Could an anti-global warming atmospheric spraying program really work?

For ants, unity is strength -- and health

Engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts

Human ancestors not to blame for ancient mammal extinctions in Africa

Human ancestors not to blame for ancient mammal extinctions in Africa

Engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts

Musical training improves visual timing

New 'smart' material with potential biomedical, environmental uses

How Chile accomplished its renewable energy boom

More than H2O: Technology simultaneously measures 71 elements in water, other liquids

Putting a face on a cell surface

Brain-computer interface enables people with paralysis to control tablet devices

Scientists study puncture performance of cactus spines

When AI and optoelectronics meet: Researchers take control of light properties

Evolution: South Africa's hominin record is a fair-weather friend

Brain-computer interface enables people with paralysis to control tablet devices

How do flying bees make perfect turns?

Climate of small star TRAPPIST 1's seven intriguing worlds

Let's draw!: New deep learning technique for realistic caricature art

Machine learning can help healthcare workers predict whether patients may require emergency hospital admission, new study finds

Exoplanet stepping stones

To predict the future, the brain uses two clocks

Exoplanet stepping stones

Making X-ray microscopy 10 times faster

Swarmlike collective behavior in bicycling

Explaining a fastball's unexpected twist

Electrical cable triggers lightweight, fire-resistant cladding discovery

Reducing the impact forces of water entry

Where you go tells who you are -- and vice versa

Current climate models underestimate warming by black carbon aerosol

Scientists discover new 'pinwheel' star system

How female hyaenas came to dominate males

4,000-year-old termite mounds found in Brazil are visible from space

Scientists discover new 'pinwheel' star system

Mars moon got its grooves from rolling stones

The shape of things to come: Flexible, foldable supercapacitors for energy storage

How to melt gold at room temperature

Explaining the plummeting cost of solar power

Smart car technologies save drivers $6.2 billion on fuel costs each year

Could yesterday's Earth contain clues for making tomorrow's medicines?

Mars moon got its grooves from rolling stones

Is Antarctica becoming more like Greenland?

How to melt gold at room temperature

Dogs know when they don't know

Model of quantum artificial life on quantum computer

Smart car technologies save drivers $6.2 billion on fuel costs each year

Mmore effective hydrogel for healing wounds

The taming of the dog, cow, horse, pig and rabbit

Aquatic animals that jump out of water inspire leaping robots

Healthcare providers -- not hackers -- leak more of your data

Healthcare providers -- not hackers -- leak more of your data

Chemistry freed from space and time

Astronomers discover giant relic of disrupted 'tadpole' galaxy

New non-mechanical laser steering technology

Odd bodies, rapid spins keep cosmic rings close

Prototype of robot dog nose

Precision neuroengineering enables reproduction of complex brain-like functions in vitro

Freeze-frame microscopy captures molecule's 'lock-and-load' on DNA

Bending light around tight corners without backscattering losses

Human images from world's first total-body scanner unveiled

Jumping genes shed light on how advanced life may have emerged

Powerful new map depicts environmental degradation across Earth

Move over Rover: There's a new sniffing powerhouse in the neighborhood

Using Skype to beat the blues

The 'Swiss Army knife of prehistoric tools' found in Asia, suggests homegrown technology

Geneticist solves long-standing finch beak mystery

Virtual reality simulation of a supermassive black hole

Ulcers from diabetes? New shoe insole could provide healing on-the-go

Fullerene compounds made simulation-ready

Stress of stretching solids: 3D image shows how particles distribute in metals

Next-gen batteries possible with new engineering approach

How electric fish got their big brains

Metallic nanoparticles light up another path towards eco-friendly catalysts

Climate, life and the movement of continents: New connections

Selling plants on Amazon: A forest of untapped opportunity

Arming drug hunters, chemists design new reaction for drug discovery

Treated superalloys demonstrate unprecedented heat resistance

A new lead on a 50-year-old radiation damage mystery

Overflowing crater lakes carved canyons across Mars

Overflowing crater lakes carved canyons across Mars

What's next for smart homes: An 'Internet of Ears?'

Auroras unlock the physics of energetic processes in space

Electronic skin points the way north

Android child's face strikingly expressive

Feeling the pressure with universal tactile imaging

Killer whales share personality traits with humans, chimpanzees

Why we shouldn't like coffee, but we do

Android child's face strikingly expressive

Bursting bubbles launch bacteria from water to air

Astronomers detect once-in-a-lifetime gamma rays

'Smart skin' simplifies spotting strain in structures

Astronomers find possible elusive star behind supernova

Dietary fat is good? Dietary fat is bad? Coming to consensus

Astronomers find possible elusive star behind supernova

Kilogram, ampere, kelvin and mole redefined

Sucking your baby's pacifier to clean it may prevent allergies

Structure of fossil-fuel source rocks is finally decoded

Kilogram, ampere, kelvin and mole redefined

3D chemical maps of single bacteria

3D chemical maps of single bacteria

Predatory behavior of Florida's skull-collecting ant

Universal laws in impact dynamics of dust agglomerates under microgravity conditions

Affordable catalyst for CO2 recycling

Controlling organ growth with light

Artificial intelligence predicts treatment effectiveness

Scientists engineer a functional optical lens out of 2D materials

Earth's magnetic field measured using artificial stars at 90 kilometers altitude

When electric fields make spins swirl

What did birds and insects do during the 2017 solar eclipse?

Trans-galactic streamers feeding most luminous galaxy in the universe

Warning: Chemical weapons risk during a period of very rapid scientific change

Trans-galactic streamers feeding most luminous galaxy in the universe

Nanofiber carpet could lead to new sticky or insulating surfaces

Nanofiber carpet could lead to new sticky or insulating surfaces

Solar panels for yeast cell biofactories

Solar panels for yeast cell biofactories

First-ever views of elusive energy explosion

First-ever views of elusive energy explosion

Next step on the path towards an efficient biofuel cell

NASA learns more about interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua

NASA learns more about interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua

Quantum science turns social

Atomic parity violation research reaches new milestone

Renewable energy cooperatives, an opportunity for energy transition

Rainforest vine compound starves pancreatic cancer cells

A step closer to 'design on demand' scaffolds for tissue regeneration