The toy's special properties mean it could be useful in the development of quantum computing

Humankind will need to harness carbon capture and storage technologies to help keep global warming to 2 degrees C or less; new research shows that there's plenty of room to store captured CO2—in offshore geologic rock formations

Simply adding 'table salt' helps to build self-stacked nanoarchitectures

Devices such as transistors, magnetic memory, and lasers could all improve as researchers delve into the nature of these bonds

The availability of three new alternative switchable LED configurations (blue, UVA-blue and blue-green-white) provides chemists with the unique ability to optimally undertake almost any photochemistry reaction

Designed for use with almost any commercially available flow chemistry system, Flow-UV™ allows dispersion experiments to be monitored in real time

All Particle Explorer software modules are easily accessible and packed with a plethora of new and exciting features

Insects in torrential rivers may inspire engineering solutions

Using historical data from tide gauges that line US coasts, researchers created an extreme sea level indicator

The innovative use of aeroponics may usher in a new era of science for cassava genetic improvement and sustainable intensification

A recent study was initially inspired by the way our cells transport water throughout the body and began as an attempt to develop artificial channels for transporting water across membranes

Rapanui people likely believed the ancient monoliths helped food grow on the Polynesian island, study reveals