Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have created a new and unusual state of matter—known as a supersolid—by ...

Physicists just discovered a brand-new particle that appears to be an exotic cousin to the protons and neutrons that make up ...

In one of the biggest surprises of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged ...

Superconductivity is the ability to transmit energy without any resistance when an object is cooled to a certain temperature. For more than 30 years, that temperature was 220 degrees Fahrenheit below ...

Min Read These are X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans of particles from asteroid Bennu. They show the most common types of crack networks ...

For as long as scientists have been trying to understand the behavior of the electrically charged fourth state of matter known as plasma, there have ...

Missiles and bombs contain heavy metals and other toxic pollutants, which can linger for decades in air, soil and water.

One couple in Imperial Beach recently discovered their air purifier filters needed to be switched sooner than expected.

This week’s experiment with Lydia from the Discovery Center Museum puts a little bit of a spin on the classic ‘cloud in a bottle’ trick. By using simple materials from home, she ...