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

Drone study in Delhi shows PM levels at 100m are 60% higher than ground data. Vertical monitoring is vital for high-rise residents and accurate pollution mapping to improve public health policy.

The planet won’t look like this forever. A future supercontinent could unleash brutal cold, rising heat, and even a wave of ...

A single subatomic particle that hit Earth in 2023 carried roughly 100,000 times more energy than anything humanity has ever ...

NASA’s Artemis II could be the first time human eyes set sight on the farside of the moon — and there are things human eyes can see that cameras can’t.

Nuclear winter is a warning written in the language of climate models and atmospheric chemistry. It's a disaster we should ...

NASA is preparing for the Artemis II moon mission with a final launch test. The test checks fueling, countdown steps, and safety systems. Weather conditions play an important role in launch plans.

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 ...

In the frantic hours following an offshore oil spill, emergency responders face a destructive decision: let the oil spread or ignite it. Once ignited, it creates an "in-situ" fire pool that stops the ...

"We studied the last several orbits before the merger, when the entwined magnetic fields undergo rapid and dramatic changes, ...

Several years ago, scientists discovered that a single microscopic particle could rock back and forth on its own under a steady electric field. The result was curious, but lonely. Now, Northwestern ...

The former fire chief of the Sweeny Fire Department is facing multiple felony charges connected to allegations involving minors, according to court records and law enforcement officials. Timothy Webb, ...