Physics

Stitches are getting a shocking upgrade. In an experiment in rats, a new strong, flexible thread hastened wound healing by […]

Muons are getting a move on.  In a step toward new types of particle physics experiments, scientists cooled and then

Airplane plumage might be the next big thing in aviation. Bird wings are contoured with overlapping rows of feathery tufts,

A hypothetical “fifth force” could tug on asteroids, if it exists. But the asteroid Bennu shows no signs that its

To fuel the insatiable energy appetite of artificial intelligence, tech companies are going big on small nuclear reactors.  Last week,

Electric vehicles promise to help us move away from fossil fuels, but they present a new problem: how to get

At the age of 12, Tracy Slatyer felt sorry for a book. She read a newspaper article about how many

As artificial intelligence explodes in popularity, two of its pioneers have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. The

Cancer-destroying particle beams have been caught red-handed. Particle beams can deliver a burst of destructive energy directly to tumors –

Some massive stars can go out with a bang, not a bang. A star that blinked out of view may