We describe electricity as a flow, but that’s not what happens in a typical wire. Physicists have begun to induce electrons to act like fluids, an effort that could illuminate new ways of thinking ...

The scale of the simulations on Frontier has reached such a point that we are within reach of experiments as far as the range of scales that can be simulated numerically or can be made to happen in ...

A pair of US researchers have developed a new model to tackle a deceptively simple problem: how a small block of ice melts while floating in calm water. Using an advanced experimental setup, Daisuke ...

Data collected from 35 American cities showed a 21% decrease in the homicide rate from 2024 to 2025, translating to about 922 fewer homicides last year, according to a new report from the independent ...

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through science decades later. Gregor Mendel, Austrian botanist and founder of ...

Mortgage rates on Friday fell below 6% for the first time in years, after President Donald Trump ordered his “representatives” to begin buying $200 billion worth of mortgage bonds, his latest push to ...

Scientists in China have performed an experiment first proposed by Albert Einstein almost a century ago when he sought to disprove the quantum mechanical principle of complementarity put forth by ...

NEW YORK, Dec 16 (Reuters) - U.S. rate futures on Tuesday raised the probability of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates at the next policy meeting in January after data showed U.S. unemployment ...

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate slightly to 6.39% this week, up from 6.37% the week before, according to U.S. News data. Mortgage refinancing rates decreased slightly for the 30-year term, ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles breaking down complex financial topics in plain language, emphasizing the impact that economic ...

The Federal Reserve still sees just one rate cut in 2026, unchanged from its last forecast about three months ago. The central bank's so-called dot plot, which anonymously shows 19 individual members' ...

The economy has had a volatile year marked by ongoing headwinds and uncertainties. Persistent inflation, unpredictability around tariffs, and a stock market that many fear is in the midst of an ...