Werner Heisenberg's famous uncertainty principle describes one of the most intriguing features of quantum physics: certain pairs of physical quantities describing a particle, such as position and ...

Unlike almost every other kind of microscope, atomic-force microscopes (AFMs) don’t use any kind of optical beam to image ...

Underpinning much of modern technology, from smartphones to scanning tunneling microscopes to particle colliders, is Fermi's ...

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

It took two scientists decades to find a new nitrogen-fixing organelle. It could change the future of sustainable agriculture ...

President Donald Trump’s role in FIFA’s stunning decision to allow striker Folarin Balogun to be eligible to play against ...

A new genetic screening method allows researchers to efficiently modulate individual genes across entire tissues and provides new insights into human development. The research, published in eLife, is ...

Francis Ferrari, a French ophthalmologist, invented a controversial procedure that can change eye color. People from around the world are willing to take the risk.

The Multi-Sensory Convergence Ladder: As signals ascend deeper into the fish’s forebrain, specifically into a structure called the pallium, single-sense neurons give way to multi-sensory cells. This ...

Seoul IVF (South Korea), and Procrearte (Argentina) are among the first clinics in the world to replace manual ...

More than 100 million years ago, a flying reptile called a pterosaur flew over the oceans hunting squid and fish. Much more recently, one of its wing bones was discovered in Brazil, transformed over ...