If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be impossible to leave them behind, since they live on and in our bodies, surfaces and food. Learning how they react to space conditions is critical…

NbRe may be a long-sought triplet superconductor, offering zero-resistance spin transport and major advances in quantum computing.

Canada is demanding that South Korea build a car factory in exchange for a submarine contract worth more than $20 billion.

A newly excavated tomb in Panama reveals the immense wealth of the ancient Coclé.

In the remote wilderness of northern Quebec sits the largest iron ore project you’ve never heard of.

Earth's largest waterfall, Denmark Strait cataract, is located in Arctic waters between Iceland and Greenland and is roughly two miles high.

Researchers in Finland have experimentally realized a long-predicted class of quantum material: a two-dimensional topological crystalline insulator. Physicists at the University of Jyväskylä and Aalto University (Finland) have successfully created a two-dimensional…

A reversal of political fortune in the region has major implications for critical minerals

For the first time, physicists have demonstrated that a material's superconductivity can be altered by coupling it to an in-built, light-confining cavity. In experiments published in Nature, a team led ...

Amazon says 'deploying the proposed million-satellite constellation would take centuries' as astronomers and others also call on the FCC to deny SpaceX's orbital data center plan.

Senior engineer Badri Ratnam has enhanced his education and career with 40 courses offered by MITx at MIT Open Learning.

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A tiny metasurface chip can turn invisible infrared light into steerable visible beams, opening the door to powerful new optical technologies.

A hidden funerary complex near Aswan has emerged after nearly 4,000 years, packed with ceramic vessels, amulets, and jewelry from ancient Egypt’s burial traditions.

Changan Automotive claims that its solid-state EV batteries have an energy density of 400 Wh/kg and can travel about 900 miles on a single charge.

The burial sites weren’t visible to the human eye, but a suite of technological tools found subtle differences in Czech farmland.

Physicists have long struggled to unite quantum mechanics—the theory governing tiny particles—with Einstein’s theory of gravity, which explains the behavior of stars, planets, and the structure of the universe. Researchers at TU Wien have now taken a new…

From the ISS, scientists are capturing rare lightning above storms that could impact radio, climate, and safety.

The same electronics whiz previously made a home powerwall from old vape cells.

The battery can add a staggering amount of range in under 10 minutes. Here's just how quick it is.