Engineers at Northwestern University have unveiled the behavior of single microscopic particles when they unite. The findings reveal an enigmatic, perfectly synchronized dance. The research team ...

Several years ago, scientists discovered that a single microscopic particle could rock back and forth on its own under a ...

Astronomers have puzzled for years over a strange pattern in the outer solar system. A surprising number of icy bodies far beyond Neptune resemble snowmen, made of two rounded lobes stuck together.

EPFL researchers have shown theoretically that, in highly ordered materials, heat can flow toward warmer regions without ...

This bioresorbable standard-size pill can be interrogated via RFID to confirm it has been taken by the patient.

A moon can sit next door to another and still feel like a different world. Around Jupiter, that contrast shows up fast.

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory are developing the next generation of solid-fuel ramjet (SFRJ) propulsion, ...

It is commonly assumed that tiny particles just go with the flow as they make their way through soil, biological tissue, and other complex materials. But a team of Yale researchers led by Professor ...

Imagine a "smart fluid" whose internal structure can be rearranged just by changing temperature. In a new study published in Matter, researchers report a way to overcome a long-standing limitation in ...

Gears have been around for thousands of years, with the first records dating back to 3000 BC. While they have advanced over ...

A physicist proposes that the universe is not empty space, but is a viscous fluid, fueling the expansion and contraction we see.