Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

Anyone who has sat through a third-grade science class knows there are three primary states of matter: solid, liquid and gas.

Entanglement—linking distant particles or groups of particles so that one cannot be described without the other—is at the ...

The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially ...

Archaeologists are piecing together the world’s oldest known rune stone. It could shed light on the origins of early written ...

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in 2032 hit a record high. Experts expect the risk percentage to fluctuate before likely dropping to zero. Here’s why.

Entanglement -- linking distant particles or groups of particles so that one cannot be described without the other -- is at the core of the quantum revolution changing the face of modern technology.

A team of scientists have integrated an ultrasensative sensor called a “superconducting nanowire single-photon detector,” or ...

Two waves are coherent when there is a meaningful relationship between their phases or when their interference creates a well ...

Large language models like ChatGPT display conversational skills, but the problem is they don’t really understand the words ...

The tiny cuts and grooves that decorate some ancient human artifacts are not just pretty accidents, according to some ...

UW researchers developed a new system for turning used coffee grounds into a paste, which they use to 3D print objects, such ...