A new, brain-inspired computer system called EmoNet is shedding a surprising new light on how images impact emotions

New findings add to scientists' understanding of the limits of life on Earth, but may also have implications for the search for alien life

The research centers around colloidal particles that, when mixed with liquid crystals, act a lot like the elements of the periodic table

The study used radiocarbon dating to determine the ages of plants collected at the edges of 30 ice caps

A team set out to understand the engineering principles that underlie self-assembled structures of fire ants

The controllable shape-shifting material could have broad applications for manufacturing, robotics, biomedical devices, and artificial muscles