A meteorite chip sat in a small container, bathed in liquid, while the International Space Station floated overhead. Inside, ...

Researchers have gained new insights into the development of the light-induced ferroelectric state in SrTiO3. They exposed the material to mid-infrared and terahertz frequency laser pulses and found ...

Some solid materials can cool down or heat up when pressure is applied or released. This behavior enables cooling and heating ...

Accurate particle size analysis is vital for mining and geology, driving efficiency, regulatory compliance, and the ...

Actinides are a group of heavy, radioactive elements that include uranium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium and californium. Understanding how these elements bond with other atoms (known as ...

Borosilicate glass offers extreme stability; Microsoft’s accelerated aging experiments suggest the data would be stable for ...

Achieving sub-second 3D printing, DISH combines wave-optics modeling and angular illumination to improve resolution and depth ...

Sandia National Laboratories earned eight honors in the 2025 R&D 100 Awards, including seven technology awards and the program's Researcher of the ...

It may sound like an oxymoron, but this massive nanoparticle made up of 7,000 sodium atoms is the largest to exhibit such quantum behavior.

Crystalline polymers assembled inside tumor cell lysosomes rupture membranes, release iron, and trigger immune-activating ...

A machine-learning loop searched 14 million battery cathode compositions and found fivefold performance gains across four metrics using fewer than 200 experiments.

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have identified the true source of a magnetic effect seen in the ...