Solar scientists have been preparing for years for a 4-minute window, during the total solar eclipse on 8 April, in which they will study the sun's corona
A super-stretchy hydrogel can stretch to 15 times its original length and return to its initial shape, and could be used to make soft inflatable robots
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon spacecraft has sent back images after surviving its second lunar night – generally these periods are so cold they destroy spacecraft electronics
The mainstream view is that Alzheimer's starts in the brain, but researchers were able to transfer the condition in mice by injections of bone marrow
Researchers connect chemistry and engineering to create touch-free buttons based on the detection of the skin’s water
How Xampla’s principal scientist Lynette Holland became an industry leader without sacrificing her work-life balance
An attempt to settle a decade-long argument over a controversial proof by mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki has seen a war of words on both sides, with Mochizuki dubbing the latest effort as akin to a "hallucination" produced by ChatGPT
The future of the biennial ESOF meeting is uncertain after parent organization declares bankruptcy
Experts reject claims that the findings demonstrate “Alzheimer’s disease transmission” and that human transplant recipients are at risk
The research could have applications in snowmaking, cloud seeding and beyond
How the Red Planet acquired its two moons, Phobos and Deimos, is unknown – they could have formed after something collided with the planet, or started out as asteroids – but now there is a hint of a cometary origin
The light signature from GLASS-z12, one of the most distant galaxies we have ever seen, suggests some of its stars have already exploded as supernovae
Theorists claim to derive the landmark equation from the bare definition of entropy, but not everyone is convinced
The radical new machine might be built faster and cost less than an equivalent conventional atom smasher, boosters say
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We already have evidence that rock dust can remove carbon dioxide from the air – now there are signs that spreading the dust on farm fields also enhances crop growth
