The genomes of phages—viruses that infect bacteria—are largely composed of "dark matter": genes that encode proteins whose functions remain unknown. Less than four years ago, a team led by Prof. Rotem ...

Electrons in graphene break a key law of metals and reveal a strange quantum fluid. The discovery has surprised scientists.

The genomes of phages - viruses that infect bacteria - are largely composed of "dark matter": genes that encode proteins ...

A team at Los Alamos National Laboratory has completed a mathematical framework for human color perception that Nobel Prize-winning physicist Erwin Schrodinger first sketched more than a century ago.

A Chinese research team has produced bulk hexagonal diamond, a crystal structure long theorized to be harder than ...

Honey's provenance and authenticity has long been a sticky business, with claims difficult to prove and test for. As demand for cleaner labels drives its popularity, how are producers proving their ...

The combination lock on a Bromfield School locker takes up to 30 seconds to open. During a four-minute passing period between ...

At dusk, the desert sky over central Saudi Arabia can seem vast. The air rapidly cools after sunset in the vicinity of Tamir, where a new observatory is ...

How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...

The secret ingredient comes from an unlikely industry, turning everyday food byproducts into a surprising tool for recovering ...

A new method transforms a "persistent environmental liability" into a much-desired resource, the researchers say.