Researchers unveil the inner mechanisms of the most intricate and complex molecular machine in human biology. Scientists at ...

A special particle trap designed to fit in a truck let researchers haul 70 protons across the CERN campus. Antiprotons may be next.

The Curta calculator, invented by Curt Herzstark during his imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp. (Photo courtesy of ...

Among Chicago Public School employees, no one has been a bigger cheerleader for an invention designed to reduce dangerous ...

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have discovered a new way to detect per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water. This marks an important step forward in creating testing ...

On Tuesday, the company’s 31st resupply mission for NASA delivered the world’s first satellite built using wooden parts. More ...

The Harmonic Drive is a key part of countless robotic applications. Incredibly simple yet quite odd to watch, this gear system is extremely precise with an impressive torque-to-weight ratio, even if ...

People around the world are losing a vital connection to millennia of their own history and culture, Venkatesan says, which ...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — At 14 years old, Sirish Subash is now America's "Top Young Scientist." The 9th-grade student from the ...

On July 23, 1924, the editor of Scientific American, O.D. Munn, and six members of a scientific investigative committee ...

The 14-year-old from Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology in Snellville ... “Each chemical reflects different parts or wavelengths of light, and that creates a spectral signature, ...