Unlike most stellar explosions that fade away, Supernova SN 2012au continues to shine today thanks to a powerful new pulsar

Researchers have shown how to shuttle lithium ions back and forth into the crystal structure of a quantum material, representing a new avenue for research and potential applications in batteries

The same way that yeast yields beer and bread can help hospital lab workers better track their daily radiation exposure

A new manufacturing technique uses a process similar to newspaper printing to form smoother and more flexible metals for making ultrafast electronic devices

Billions of objects ranging from smartphones and watches to buildings, machine parts, and medical devices have become wireless sensors of their environments, expanding a network called the "internet of things."

Steelhead trout, which live and grow in the Pacific Ocean, genetically adapted to the freshwater environment of Lake Michigan in less than 120 years

While inherently strong, most ceramics tend to fracture suddenly when just slightly strained under a load unless exposed to high temperatures

Leaky systems have limited how engineers design thermoacoustic devices that rely on the interplay between temperature oscillations and sound waves

The instrument is based off of triboluminescence and works by measuring light emitted when a pharmaceutical powder is crushed

Such a technology might be used to study ocean organisms and ecosystems and to monitor the movement of ships for military and commercial maritime applications

When a meteor comes hurtling toward Earth, the high-pressure air in front of it seeps into its pores and cracks, pushing the body of the meteor apart and causing it to explode

The melting of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet likely caused about 20 feet of sea level rise and big changes in ocean temperature and circulation

The system will cost around $5,000, which is about one-tenth the cost of systems commercially available, and represents an alternative to the traditional method of plaster casting

Infrared spectroscopic imaging has been limited to studies of dried tissue samples because water molecules absorb and interfere with the infrared signal

A  new tumor-modeling platform called a tumor-microenvironment-on-chip can be used to visualize and quantify how different types of cancer cells react differently to the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin