With just four cheap ingredients found in any household, this clever camping hack will help you start a fire in no time and ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the ...

Redefining the repeating pattern in photonic crystals creates tightly confined pathways for light while preserving symmetry, ...

Superconductors are special materials that allow electricity to flow without any resistance, much like a frictionless highway ...

Scientists are making significant progress in quantum physics, developing new ways to study quantum phenomena that could lead ...

MIT researchers developed a more powerful magnetic transistor that could be used to design simpler circuits and create faster and more energy-efficient electronics.

Phononic circuits are emerging devices that can manipulate sound waves (i.e., phonons) in ways that resemble how electronic circuits control the flow of electrons. Instead of relying on wires, ...

University of Michigan engineers have created a new nanostructure that can guide and stop excitons at room temperature. Excitons are quantum quasiparticles that carry energy without charge. The team ...

In a collaborative effort, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science and Japan's National Institute for Materials Science have captured an elusive fluid state in graphene. The study was published ...

Rocks fractured by earthquakes could unlock a wide menu of chemical energy sources for microbes living deep underground – and similar processes could potentially support microbes within other planets.

AirLife and medical device manufacturer Vyaire are recalling specific infant breathing support systems due to a potentially dangerous defect that could lead to serious injury or death. The recall, ...