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New results published in the journal Physical Review Letters detail how a specially designed metamaterial was able to tip the ...

The number of tourists heading to Antarctica has been skyrocketing. From fewer than 8,000 a year about three decades ago, ...

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, turns 90 this week—a milestone that's reigniting speculation over his eventual successor.

Mitochondria are the body's "energy factories," and their proper function is essential for life. Inside mitochondria, a set ...

I've always been fascinated by how materials break down, especially glasses and polymers that don't have a regular crystal ...

Trinity College Dublin now has Ireland's first and only BioBrillouin microscope, which will enable researchers to make giant ...

Each time a cell divides, a small section of each chromosome's protective cap—the telomere—is worn away. Most cells use an ...

America has state liquor stores and military commissaries. But Northeastern University food supply expert John Lowrey says a ...

Millions of eared grebes visit Great Salt Lake to rest and refuel en route to their winter homes on the Pacific Coast each ...

China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main ...