When you think of a vending machine, things like snacks, sodas, or even pharmaceutical supplies may come to mind. But you ...

Prominent blockchain researcher Chen Jing has left the United States to join Tsinghua University in Beijing as a full-time professor. The award-winning scholar and chief scientist said she would ...

Jan. 23, 2025 — Researchers have developed a new type of optical memory called a programmable photonic latch that is fast and scalable, enabling temporary data storage in optical processing ...

An extremely slow pulsar has made scientists “slow down” their assumptions about other pulsars. The pace could be caused by a flashing magnetic field rather than pulsar rotation alone.

The surface in Mars' northern and southern hemisphere is dramatically different. A groundbreaking study may have solved the 50-year-long mystery troubling scientists as to why one half of Mars is ...

After all, how do you beat being able to reverse time, even if you can only do it within a quantum computer? Josh Hawkins has been writing for over a decade, covering science, gaming, and tech ...

Scientists at the NIH had been told the communications pause put in place by the Trump administration last week covered all purchasing, including supplies for their ongoing studies such as test ...

Scientists who have joined the ranks of secretaries, journalists, data processors, and others who spend most of the day glued to a VDT screen, take note. Last month James Sheedy, chief of the ...

Researchers Discover New Way to Store Hydrogen Using Lignin Jet Fuel Jan. 27, 2025 — An international team of scientists has discovered a way to store and release volatile hydrogen using lignin ...

We’re closing out the year with a roundup of the science stories that stood out to our editors in 2024. There are so many species facing extinction—but today we’re telling stories about the ...