With just a transistor and sensor coil, a new DIY motor achieves continuous motion without complex external electronics.

At the smallest scales of matter, nature behaves in ways that feel almost counterintuitive. Individual particles follow simple rules, but when they interact together, entirely new behaviors can ...

A new radio survey reveals that the Milky Way’s magnetic field is intricate, widespread, and deeply connected to how the galaxy is organized.

Using gold flakes, salt water, and light, scientists have made the universe’s invisible binding forces visible in color. The ...

Simulations suggest that two enormous masses of hot rock have been involved in generating Earth’s magnetic field and giving it an irregular shape ...

Meteorologist Stevie Daniels shares how you can create your own snow using the power of SCIENCE, in this Science with Stevie!

A new optical device allows researchers to generate and switch between two stable, donut-shaped light patterns called ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Everyone knows it's cold it is outside. The entire Philadelphia region has remained below freezing for the seventh day in a row, with little relief in sight. But we are tapping ...

Spiders’ ability to spin webs may be one consequence of a really big genetic mistake. A close look at the genetics and development of spinnerets — spiders’ silk-making organs — reveals that an early ...

It’s hard to escape discussions of New Year’s resolutions this time of year, whether you make them or not. New Year is a popular time for goal setting and resolutions, in large part due to "The Fresh ...

In 1927, Albert Einstein and Neils Bohr debated the nature of what’s known as complementarity—the idea that a photon’s dual wave-like and particle natures can’t be measured at the same time. Now, two ...