A rule-breaking, colorful silicone that could conduct electricity. Previously only thought to be insulating, a shift in the ...

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station has shared a striking photo of what is known as a Transient Luminous ...

Scientists say they’ve cracked a key challenge in scalable quantum hardware after generating an error-correcting, light-based ...

Two studies fill in gaps about the cosmos’s ordinary matter. One maps it all, even the “missing matter.” The other details one of its hiding spots.

It is possible to make a material emit more radiation than it absorbs, violating the laws of physics in a way that could make energy-harvesting devices more efficient ...

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The Big Bang may mark an end—not the start—of a previous universe's aeon. Penrose's theory sees the universe as an eternal ...

Traditional medical tests often require clinical samples to be sent off-site for analysis in a time-intensive and expensive ...

Quantum plasmonic biosensors enable self-illumination for real-time, label-free diagnostics with scalable point-of-care applications.

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) in Jena, Germany, together with international ...

A small satellite about the size of a shoebox has been launched into space to test exciting new quantum communication ...

Unlike typical infrared night-vision goggles, these contact lenses do not require a power source — and they enable the wearer to perceive different infrared wavelengths that show up in various ...