Researchers mimicked the air-trapping tricks of diving bell spiders to create aluminum that stays afloat—even when punctured ...

A new study suggests humans can sense hidden objects without touching them, by detecting faint movements in sand. This unexpected form of “remote touch” challenges traditional ideas about how the ...

For decades, scientists have searched for a safe way to reach deep parts of the human brain without cutting into the skull.

A major challenge in thermal-management and thermal-insulation technologies, across multiple industries, is the lack of ...

The O2O system could send more data to Earth than ever before, NASA says.

Beauty R&D is shifting toward “materials intelligence,” using AI and atom-level simulation to model ingredient interactions, cut trial-and-error, reduce waste, and speed the development of safer, ...

For most of the past century, wormholes sat comfortably in the realm of science fiction, a mathematical curiosity that let ...

American researchers are finally getting a real-time view inside one of the most unforgiving propulsion systems in service, ...

A major new science complex is taking shape in Geneva as Hobart and William Smith Colleges finalize plans for the Fish Center ...

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the understanding and application of the properties of matter. Materials scientists study the connections between the underlying ...