Ferroic materials such as ferromagnets and ferroelectrics underpin modern data storage, yet face limits: They switch slowly, ...

Short pulses of light that impart rotation on a material's atoms can be used to switch a property called ferroaxiality, which ...

The object was detected by observing how its gravity distorts light behind it. Astronomers have discovered an extremely faint ...

It's the highest resolution detection of a gravitationally lensed radio arc, and within it, a small kink indicating the ...

The discovery centers on the unique strands of DNA contained within our mitochondria, the power stations of our cells. By ...

Siblings are special. Whether a sibling serves as protector or tormentor, friend or foe, the relationship between siblings is ...

Researchers aim to monitor 100,000 animals worldwide with GPS trackers, using data to understand climate change and help ...

Max Planck was told that there was nothing new to be discovered in physics. He was about to embark on a career in physics that would set that idea on its ear. Planck was an extremely successful ...

Taste and smell are so intimately connected that a whiff of well-loved foods evokes their taste without any conscious effort. Now, brain scans and machine learning have for the first time pinpointed ...

After years of struggling for business in the sunny southeastern corner of Bosnia and Herzegovina, herbalist Petar Mihic's phone hasn't stopped ringing since German scientists discovered that sweet ...