Chen Shen, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Rowan University, uses acoustic science to spin and manipulate sound waves for micro applications including miniature robotics and new ...

A new model called "PlanetWaves" has been developed by researchers to accurately describe what waves in bodies of liquid on ...

Our planet rests inside a magnetic cocoon filled with plasma—but it's not always peaceful and quiet. Activity from the sun ...

Open-source models have always lagged behind those on the frontier, but that gap is closing. Over the past two years, the gap ...

Observations by the Mars Express orbiter reveal rapid changes on the Red Planet’s surface from windblown volcanic ash ...

University of Birmingham experts have created open-source computer software that helps scientists understand how fast-moving ...

NPR's Short Wave team talks about the surprising benefits of small talk, more humane ways to kill lobsters, and an ancient flood that may have helped create the Grand Canyon.

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Titan is the largest of Saturn’s 292 known moons, by far. It’s also the only other cosmic body apart from Earth confirmed to ...

Scientists have made the first experimental observation of matter wave diffraction in a short-lived electron-positron atom.

Wealthy Europeans are far more likely to have access to nature than the continent’s low-income residents, a new study mapping ...

In a major breakthrough, scientists have observed electrons in graphene flowing like a nearly frictionless liquid, defying a core law of physics. This exotic quantum state not only reveals new ...