Settling a half century of debate, researchers have discovered that tiny linear defects can propagate through a material faster than sound waves do.

It's a simple question that sounds a little like a modest proposal: "Should we cut down all the oak trees?" asks Tom Sharkey, a University Distinguished Professor in the Plant Resilience Institute at Michigan State University.

A very rare, strange burst of extraordinarily bright light in the universe just got even stranger—thanks to the eagle-eye of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The phenomenon, called a Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT), flashed onto the scene whe…

Studies of excised cat larynxes reveal role of connective tissues embedded in vocal folds.

Grass may transfer genes from their neighbors in the same way genetically modified crops are made, a new study has revealed.

Research on the brainless is probing the murky origins and inner workings of cognition—and is forcing us to rethink what it means to learn.

Simulations indicate an erratic and copious accretion of gas onto a black hole when the surrounding disk is tilted and the black hole spins rapidly.

Astronomers may have detected a dozen large objects lurking beyond the Kuiper Belt at the edge of our solar system, suggesting there could be another equally massive, "second Kuiper Belt" hiding beyond the orbit of Pluto.

Scientists testing a new method of sequencing single cells have unexpectedly changed our understanding of the rules of genetics.

A fundamental discovery about the Fischer–Tropsch process, a catalytic reaction used in industry to convert coal, natural gas or biomass to liquid fuels, could someday allow for more efficient fuel production.

The most accurate clock in the world will pass 50B years before it falls a single second behind. A clock like that could change everything we know about timekeeping and tracking our position in the world, dramatically transforming the precision of our measure…

Russia says its first lunar lander mission in nearly half a century crashed in August because of faulty commands in an onboard computer during a maneuver.

Astronomers spotted Jupiter-mass binary objects (JUMBOs) in the Orion constellation, and they don't know how the objects formed.

A very rare, strange burst of extraordinarily bright light in the universe just got even stranger – thanks to the eagle-eye of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The phenomenon, called a Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT), flashed onto the scene where i…

A form of gold that does not occur stably in nature is at the heart of a new crystalline material with intriguing properties. For the first time, Stanford researchers have found a way to create and stabilize an extremely rare form of gold that has lost two ne…

Venus, known for its extreme conditions, has long been a subject of curiosity. Recent research from the University of Colorado Boulder challenges the belief in frequent lightning on Venus. Using NASA's Parker Solar Probe, designed for solar study, the researc…

New York City is still sinking a little bit each year, but NASA says that its iconic skyscrapers are not to blame.

Scientific Reports - Electro-oxidation sensing of sumatriptan in aqueous solutions and human blood serum by Zn(II)-MOF modified electrochemical delaminated pencil graphite electrode

The Potential of Artificial Life: Creating Hybrid Molecules for Vaccines and Nanomachines - OPP.Today

A pair of theoretical physicists are reporting that the same observations inspiring the hunt for a ninth planet might instead be evidence within the solar system of a modified law of gravity originally developed to understand the rotation of galaxies.

Atoms within the enormous ball of iron in Earth's inner core may move around much more than previously thought, which could explain recent findings about the core's surprising softness.

The Space Coast Experiences Record Number of Launches in 2022 - OPP.Today

Scientific Reports - In-situ micro-CT scanning and compressive strength assessment of diammonium hydrogen phosphate (DAP) treated chalk