Physical Sciences
FDA blocks path to market for new sunscreen molecules
At the quantum level, reality does not exist if you are not looking at it
Scientists alter attractive and repulsive forces between DNA-linked particles to make dynamic, phase-shifting forms of nanomaterials.
Growing up in a household of artists and engineers, Peter Thelin was destined for a career in which artistry mattered. Only for him, art has come in the form of manipulating the shapes, sizes and qualities of optics. And now, as one of the few remaining practitioners of hand-polishing optics, Thelin is passing his artistry along to the next generation of optics specialists.
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered surprising new clues about a hefty, rapidly aging star whose behavior has never been seen before in our Milky Way galaxy. In fact, the star is so weird that astronomers have nicknamed it "Nasty 1," a play on its catalog name of NaSt1. The star may represent a brief transitory stage in the evolution of extremely massive stars.
ORNL, Washington State researchers craft recipe for tunable shape-memory polymer.
Berkeley Lab study shows properly managed damage can boost material thermoelectric performances.
A new, environmentally-friendly paper that glows could lead to sustainable, roll-up electronics.
Discovery sheds new light on 175-year-old principle
