Japanese physicists have demonstrated for the first time that knotoid structures—stable knots—can naturally form within a ...

If you picture an electron breaking free from a solid, the process seems simple. Give it enough energy, and it should blast ...

In 1867, Lord Kelvin imagined atoms as knots in the aether. The idea was soon disproven. Atoms turned out to be something ...

A glittering hunk of crystal gets its iridescence from a highly regular atomic structure. Frank Wilczek, the 2012 Nobel ...

New device emits photons in telecom fiber band from the start, so it avoids a separate converter that can waste photons.

Ian Main, Professor of Seismology and Rock Physics at the University of Edinburgh, said that while earthquakes havee been ...

Watch this mind-bending experiment as a superconductor levitates effortlessly, floating in mid-air like magic but it’s pure ...

Quasi-moons are not real moons and don't actually orbit the Earth, although they sometimes appear to do so for short periods ...

Government investigators are gathering data to confirm what exactly cracked the windshield of a 737 Max aircraft at above ...

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

Japanese scientists simulated faint 21-centimeter radio waves from the Universe’s “Dark Ages,” offering a potential way to ...

The study warns that this proliferation creates a governance dilemma: while treaties and international agreements once helped ...