Oftentimes definitions can limit you, imposing unnecessary constraints, enclosing things within the four corners of a narrow, arbitrary boundary that you set for yourself. Other times, they provide no ...

An expedition searching for life around Antarctica has uncovered a strange new world — one teeming with creatures never seen before. Among them: a spherical, carnivorous sponge covered in thousands of ...

More than anything else, Israel’s survival requires intellectual supremacy. Though difficult to measure, such supremacy is ...

From the burning of wood to the action of medicines, the properties and behavior of matter are governed by the way chemical ...

Texas A&M researchers have unlocked a new way to harness astatine-211, a rare and powerful isotope that may revolutionize ...

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of ...

From the moment we are born, our brains are bombarded by an immense amount of information about ourselves and the world around us. So, how do we hold on to everything we've learned and experienced?

Ask someone where outer space is, and they’ll probably point at the sky. It’s up, right? Simple. Except, no one really knows where “air space” ends and “outer space” begins. That might sound trivial, ...

Anyone who has seen a fireworks display has probably wondered, "How'd they do that?" Well it's actually quite elemental—The Periodic Table of the Elements, that is. The whiz, bang, pop, and color are ...

A recent study by Rajendra Gupta, published in "Galaxies," proposes that cosmic phenomena conventionally ascribed to dark matter and dark energy can be explained by the temporal weakening of ...

Ascend Elements uses old lithium-ion batteries to produce new ones, aiming at a sustainable production loop. The company is not yet public and has no immediate plans for an IPO, limiting stock ...