A team of US researchers has unveiled a device that can conduct electricity along its fractionally charged edges without ...

A long-standing mystery in spintronics has just been shaken up. A strange electrical effect called unusual magnetoresistance ...

The Conversation reports on winter jackets, blending old physics and modern materials to efficiently trap heat, ensuring ...

Researchers have discovered a new candidate, the mixed-semimetal MoSi2, that can be used to develop efficient thermoelectric ...

Thermoelectric devices are promising for capturing and converting waste heat it into useful electricity. Conventional devices ...

MIT researchers have designed silicon structures that can perform calculations in an electronic device using excess heat instead of electricity. These tiny structures could someday enable more ...

Lollipop Star is a lollipop that plays music via bone conduction. Pick from three flavors featuring Akon, Ice Spice, and Armani White. You can buy a Lollipop Star now for $8.99. "Experience music you ...

Dr. Shech is a professor of philosophy who specializes in the philosophy of science. As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about ...

Conduction aphasia is a type of language disorder. It occurs due to damage in an area of the brain involved in language processing. Someone with the disorder may have difficulty repeating words or ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year Joe Spring, ...

Kid lit experts weigh in on some of the year’s best science titles. Plus, what to look for when choosing a book for the child in your life. Are you hoping to inspire a young reader in your life with ...

When the United States faced the looming threat of World War II in the 1930s, it bet big on science — and won. The nation invested billions of dollars in research at universities and in industry. That ...