A team of scientists at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have come up with a new design for a magnetic levitation-based ...

Most of the big ideas in science have the decency to confine themselves to one or two disciplines. Evolution is strictly in the biological realm. E=mc 2 wouldn't be caught dead outside physics. And ...

The race to build the first useful quantum computer continues apace. And, like all races, there are decisions to be made, including the technology each competitor must choose. But, in science, no one ...

Like a stretched rubber band, most materials become narrower in cross section when extended. A few materials, however, unexpectedly get fatter when stretched. Researchers have now discovered an ...

You’re moving, or maybe you’ve just got a lot of stuff, and you need to rent out a storage container—but you have no real sense for how much storage you need. Keep reading, because understanding the ...

Physical fitness since childhood is associated with cerebellar grey matter volume in adolescents. Those who were stronger, faster and more agile, in other words, had better neuromuscular fitness since ...

Researchers have provided a new estimate for the glacier ice volume all around the world, excluding the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Their conclusion: previous calculations overestimated the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The relatively small glaciers that drape the planet's mountains will play an important role in ...