Every black hole hides a question at its center. Einstein's theory predicts that whatever falls in is crushed into a ...

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A novel nanovesicle-based platform developed at Institute of Science Tokyo can measure hydrostatic pressure by converting ...

Cornell researchers have designed a new, faster form of two-photon fluorescence imaging for observing cell metabolism in real ...

NASA has taken the next step in the process of developing a new all-glass telescope for the LISA (Laser Interferometer Space ...

A new study of 4,200 adolescents revealed that cyberbullying rarely occurs in isolation; it almost always functions as an ...

For highly fragile quantum information systems, the ability to store quantum information is vital—but also challenging.

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The European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) is a nocturnal migratory bird that travels between Europe and southern Africa ...

Scientists have created a new family of materials whose behavior can be tuned by changing their metallic "recipe"—opening new ...

A Jupiter-sized world just 7.5 light-years away is cloudy, chemically complex and, it turns out, more like home than anyone ...

Localized pitting corrosion can cause sudden failure in aluminum components even when overall corrosion rates are low. Steam ...