Physics

  1. Physics

    A very special snowball

    The long-predicted ice XV has been spotted in the lab.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Hearing bolsters case for U.S. moly-making

    Congress today addressed the need to wean America off of reliance on foreign sources of a feedstock of the most widely used isotope in medical imaging.

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  3. Materials Science

    Velcro on steroids

    Researchers have designed a steel analog of a well-known fastener.

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  4. Earth

    Sun is setting on incandescent era

    After more than a century, Edison's light bulbs stand poised to go extinct.

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  5. Earth

    Cash for clunkers II: Appliances

    States could soon roll out programs that help consumers replace energy hogging home appliances.

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  6. Chemistry

    Styrofoam degrades in seawater

    Study suggests besides the visible plastic, smaller bits are fouling the waters

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Worm-inspired superglue

    Researchers create a material that may one day be used to paste together bones in the body.

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  8. Physics

    Casper the Quantum Ghost

    Researchers find that a strange kind of imaging relies on quantum mechanics.

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  9. Tech

    Scientists propose lab-grade black holes

    Creating tiny, artificial black holes could help uncover what happens to particles on the edge of full-sized black holes.

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  10. Life

    Fish feel the flow

    New model explains how fish rely on their lateral lines to read wakes.

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  11. Physics

    Putting the pressure on light

    Changing pressure helps scientists gauge the speed of light in composite materials.

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  12. Ecosystems

    Churning the numbers

    Some of the ocean’s small swimmers may be having a big impact on ocean mixing.

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