We've known that the universe is expanding since 1929, and that its expansion is accelerating since 1998. The culprit behind ...

In the pursuit of powerful and stable quantum computers, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have ...

The urgent onset of “the munchies” after cannabis use isn’t imaginary — it’s a cognitive response that occurs regardless of ...

The Alpha Centauri star system is just 4.2465 light-years away – a relative hop, skip, and a jump in a galaxy 100,000 light-years across. Wouldn't it be great to visit? Not just with a fleet of ...

Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the future. But after decades of waiting for progress, people are understandably ...

(via Quanta Magazine) 2025’s most surprising computational revelations included a new fundamental relationship between time ...

The route a drug takes into the body can matter as much as the drug itself – and rectal use brings risks that are rarely ...

In the race to lighter, safer and more efficient electronics — from electric vehicles to transcontinental energy grids — one ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have found two gut bacteria working together that contribute to chronic constipation. The duo, Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, destro ...

The global chemical industry sits at a crossroads. For more than a century, it has relied on fossil fuels—both as feedstock ...

Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University researchers now have evidence of the surprisingly simple process that could ...

As a biology professor at San Francisco State University (SFSU), a minority-serving institution, Megumi Fuse often encountered students from under-represented communities. She observed that since ...