The saying that the enemy of my enemy is my friend has a long history in science, not just in folk wisdom. For nearly 80 ...

Genomic surveillance—the process of monitoring and sequencing pathogens—is one of the most important tools for detecting ...

Astronomers have uncovered a pair of giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy—super-puffs the size of Jupiter.

Celebrating America's 250th birthday, Space.com looks back at what our understanding of space was like in 1776 and what major ...

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries combine the abundance and affordability of sulfur with an energy storage capability far beyond that of current lithium-ion technologies. Practical deployment, however, ...

NASA is marking the United States' 250th birthday with four striking red, white, and blue images of deep space from the ...

Nanotechnol., 2024) Not only did the tests at ultra-low temperatures reveal that the graphene could host multiple ...

The question of how gravity interacts with the quantum world has long perplexed physicists, but a non-quantum theory of space ...

UCSC science divisions are world famous, and deserve to be equally famous for their contributions to our community’s wellbeing,” writes Rachael Spencer in a Guest Commentary. “We know UCSC through its ...

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon ...

Just slow down. Of course, that means it’ll take longer to get to your destination. A few years ago, I wrote a piece for WIRED on finding an optimal driving speed, assuming the extra drive time costs ...