Acoustic tweezers use sound waves to create a potential-energy well that can hold an object in place – they are the acoustic ...

From “research isn’t for me” to designing gamma-ray detectors and studying in Japan—Lincoln Potts turned one small yes into a ...

Researchers have uncovered the enzyme behind chromothripsis, a chaotic chromosome-shattering event seen in about one in four cancers. The enzyme, N4BP2, breaks apart DNA trapped in tiny cellular ...

Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt—and it was hidden in plain sight.

The very anatomy of academic recovery is built on understanding that this is neither an endpoint nor a reflection of competency.

A frozen continent at the bottom of the world sits over the deepest dip in Earth’s gravitational pull, a feature that has persisted for roughly 70 million years. Scientists have long known about this ...

Cities everywhere are running experiments to respond to climate change and sustainability challenges, such as new mobility ...

Scientists have long seen a puzzling pattern in tokamaks, the doughnut-shaped machines that could one day reliably generate electricity from fusing atoms. When plasma particles escape the core of the ...

This mind-bending relativity illusion has never been seen—until now ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have built what they call the most advanced human spinal ...

Researchers have built a realistic human mini spinal cord in the lab and used it to simulate traumatic injury. The model reproduced key damage seen in real spinal cord injuries, including inflammation ...