Imagine a heavy book resting on a table. If you try to gently push the book across the table with the tip of your finger, it ...

Imagine a heavy book resting on a table. If you try to gently push the book across the table with the tip of your finger, it may first appear to ...

For the first time, scientists have captured how complex molecules change shape when exposed to UV light—an ultra-fast ...

With the help of the world's most powerful X-ray laser, a research team has achieved an important breakthrough: Using the example of the pharmaceutically active substance 2-thiouracil, they applied a ...

Accurate estimation of the State of Charge (SoC) in lithium-ion batteries is a pivotal factor for optimizing the performance, ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. In this work, we describe the development of a new algorithm for the computation of ...

In a surprising turn of events, an international team of scientists has found that lead-208 (208 Pb), the heaviest known "doubly ... especially regarding the sign and magnitude of the deformation. The ...

In a surprising turn of events, an international team of scientists has found that lead ... The researchers used Coulomb excitation, a method where atomic nuclei are excited through ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Tim Spector, a top nutrition scientist, tries to eat 30 different plants a week for his gut health — but they're not all fresh, as you might ...

USDA is rehiring scientists in the Agricultural Research Service who were summarily fired because they had not completed probationary periods, according to union representatives. Skye Carpenter ...