The secret mechanical compartment hidden in the person's walls is, by far, one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

A simple one-step process recovers more than 90% of rare earth elements (REEs) from magnets ( Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2025, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2507819122).

Fusion has the potential to solve the world's energy demand and climate goals, but questions remain about crossing the technology finish line and scaling up economically.

Electrical devices meant to influence a horse's speed are banned in racing. One trainer's 10-year suspension shows how seriously the sport enforces this rule.

Imagine watching a favorite movie when suddenly the sound stops. The data representing the audio is missing. All that's left are images. What if artificial intelligence (AI) could analyze each frame ...

A strong geomagnetic storm that has been impacting Earth since Monday has prompted national forecasters to warn officials "to mitigate any possible impacts." ...

Quantum metals are metals where quantum effects—behaviors that normally only matter at atomic scales—become powerful enough to control the metal's macroscopic electrical properties. Researchers in ...

As generative AI becomes increasingly ubiquitous and advanced, institutions at various levels are reevaluating their policies on how to work with this tool, or questioning if they should at all. Since ...

Traffic jams, heatwaves and hidden charges: you know they’re coming but somehow they are impossible for the holiday-maker to dodge. This summer, after online comparison shopping, we paid a vast ...

Meanwhile, in the Great Lakes states, a new report warned that hyper-scale data centers could use up to 365 million gallons of water annually, yet most facilities aren’t required to publicly report ...