Using gold flakes, salt water, and light, scientists have made the universe’s invisible binding forces visible in color. The ...

MXenes are an emerging class of two-dimensional materials whose properties depend sensitively on the atoms bound to their surfaces. A new synthesis approach now allows researchers to control these ...

Scientists studying a rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover have uncovered something tantalizing: the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars. The compounds — decane, undecane, and ...

Energy is fundamentally important—researchers have linked a lack of reliable energy to poor physical health, poor mental ...

A new paper suggests that BARSOOM may have been alive on the planet, and was killed in the Viking experiments.

As it races back into deep space, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has staged an unexpected finale, suddenly brightening and shedding material in a spectacular flare. The outburst, caught by a suite of ...

On new record Cerulean, pioneering producer Danny L Harle turns his gaze inward for the first time. Sophie Leigh Walker hears how a decade of shaping pop's outer limits led to this moment of pure, ...

Baker’s yeast isn’t just useful in the kitchen — it may also be built for space. Researchers found that yeast cells can ...

Surprisingly, a toxic compound found on Mars could help bacteria produce brick-like substances that could be used to assemble habitats on the Red Planet.

Generative AI models have been used to create enormous libraries of theoretical materials that could help solve all kinds of ...

Shukla's research did not originate from experiments conducted on ISS, but from the Mechanical Engineering Department of the ...

A cutting-edge materials science company is bringing a major new research operation to Brooklyn — and marking a forest for New York State in the process. Governor Kathy Hochul announced this week that ...