A team of scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.

In her first column, APS President Randi Martin makes the case for collaborative research that cuts across research areas. In ...

As the demand for high-speed wireless communication grows, millimeter-wave frequencies, such as the 27 GHz band, have become increasingly important for 5G and beyond. However, operating at these ...

Materials innovation is one of the key drivers of major technological breakthroughs. The discovery of lithium cobalt oxide in the 1980s laid the groundwork for today’s lithium-ion battery technology.

A team that includes the University of Washington's David Baker, who picked up his Nobel in Stockholm last month, used software tools to design completely new proteins that are able to inhibit ...

Researchers at Tsinghua University and other research institutes in China recently realized an entangling gate between dual-type qubits in an experimental ... "We carefully design multiple ...

Experimental nuclear physics is the practical investigation of the processes that occur at the heart of an atom. This includes building a better fundamental understanding of fusion and fission ...

In the design examples below, stainless steel is not just a supporting element but a defining feature, used extensively across architectural surfaces such as walls, floors, and other expansive areas.

The agency tasked government labs, research institutions, and commercial companies to come up with better ideas to bring home the roughly 30 sealed sample tubes carried aboard the Perseverance rover.

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could reach 2040. The year 2025 isn't even a week old and NASA is already ...