No one can control the weather, but certain clouds can be deliberately triggered to release rain or snow. The process, known as cloud seeding, typically involves dispersing small silver iodide ...

From creating flexible gadgets to better medicines, the art of bending crystals is reshaping technology and health, and at ...

Researchers at Michigan State University have discovered how to "draw" on demand the crystals used in many crucial technologies, from solar panels and LED lighting to medical imaging. Appearing in the ...

IF YESTERDAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT of the Nobel prize in physics—for developments in quantum mechanics that helped give birth to quantum computers—was greeted with general bafflement, today Sweden’s Royal ...

The Mount Penn Borough Municipal Authority’s multiphase effort to restore Crystal Lake in Carsonia Park took another step forward with a recent walking tour aimed at updating state lawmakers and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Empire State Development announced Wednesday the restoration project for Buffalo Museum of Science's historic north facade is complete. The project included restoring the original ...

Scientists at Rice University found a new way to make liquid crystals from boron nitride nanotubes. Instead of using acids or polymers to disperse the nanotubes, they used a common surfactant and ...

Science is advancing our understanding of the human body (photo taken at the Wellcome Centre, London) —Image by © Tim Sandle Science is advancing our understanding ...

Texas may be known for its wide-open skies, endless highways, and sprawling ranches, but beneath the surface lies a world just as vast and breathtaking. Hidden underground are caves that feel like ...

Scientists have developed the first-ever time crystals that are visible to the human eye, and they could one day make their way onto $100 bills. The time crystals emerge from the kinks that appear ...

With the summer swim season ending this week at Crystal Beach Aquatic Park, it was announced at Wednesday’s Madison Parks Board meeting that the pool will likely have a $60,000 deficit this year. “I ...