Physicists are scrambling to understand why dark energy is weakening. In a surprising twist, we must now reconsider the ...

A “nuclear engine” has many advantages, notably providing a vehicle with an almost unlimited supply of onboard power, with no need for regular refuelling. That’s particularly attractive for large ...

Converting wave motion into electricity holds enormous potential as a renewable energy source, but a lack of standardized prototyping is holding back technological development. A research team led by ...

Roughly 270 years ago, Dr. Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost from Germany observed a peculiar behavior of water droplets on heated metal surfaces. In his manuscript, "A Tract About Some Qualities of Common ...

More than 50 heads of departments tell science minister that changes risk undermining crucial tech growth fields ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF) is the hottest place on Earth for the briefest of moments during an experiment. Now, it can be one of the brightest places ...

There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” That observation, attributed to ...

"Glass" has a unique and distinct meaning in physics—one that refers not just to the transparent material we associate with window glass. Instead, it refers to any system that looks solid but is not ...

A new report sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recommends increased investment in America’s fusion diagnostic ...

The Salem congressman and Massachusetts Senate candidate talks generational change, the North Shore, and more.

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The Power Usage Effectiveness (P.U.E.) metric has gone from a grapefruit metric reported as a cost of operation to a targeted outcome when designing new buildings so that their layout, automation, and ...