Electrons typically travel at high speeds, zipping through matter unbound. In the 1930s, physicist Eugene Wigner predicted that electrons could be coaxed into stillness at low densities and cold ...

Researchers have taken direct images of the Wigner molecular crystal, a new quantum phase of an electron solid. The ...

Bio-based thermoplastics are produced from renewable organic materials and can be recycled after use. Their resilience can be improved by blending bio-based thermoplastics with other thermoplastics.

A teacher with the Lebanon R-3 School District has been charged with half a dozen felonies after allegedly sending ...

Petrified wood forms through a process known as permineralization, which happens under very specific conditions. It all starts with the burial of organic plant material—trees and other types of ...

Ryo Suzuki and his team at the University of Colorado Boulder are pioneering this new approach to make textbooks dynamic and ...

Do you know it took Christopher Nolan almost 10 years to put the script of Inception into action? Read on to learn more.

For the first time, we've got a three-dimensional picture of a magnetic skyrmion. This tiny, spiraling flaw in the magnetic properties of some materials could find uses in next-gen electronics storage ...

NASA has unveiled striking new images of a galaxy pair ... This grazing encounter created shock fronts where the galaxies’ materials collided, forming vibrant, vein-like structures across ...

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein might be the most faithful movie adaptation of the novel… yet it’s far from the best.

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in Indonesia erupted on Monday, leaving 10 people dead and forcing thousands to flee. The eruption sent ash and debris over nearby villages, causing widespread ...

Singlet fission (SF) is an exciton amplification phenomenon in which two triplet excitons are generated from a singlet exciton produced by the absorption of a single photon in chromophores. A team of ...