Fresh water is under threat on many fronts. Researchers are working hard to solve this problem. One solution uses sunlight and bismutite.

Embedding spherical gold nanoparticles into organic solar cells increases their efficiency but can also lead to unwanted ...

After nearly a century of chasing a shadow, physicists are staring at a new signal that looks uncannily like the long‑sought ...

LUX-ZEPLIN, one of the largest dark matter detectors in the world, is based at the Sanford Underground Research Facility ...

Installed in October, Linn County Public Health's third air monitoring station is the latest addition to the county's growing ...

Particles as different as soap bubbles and ball bearings can be made to arrange themselves in exactly the same way, according to a new study that could unlock the creation of brand new ...

Deep in Finland’s northern forests, scientists from the University of Oulu and the Geological Survey of Finland have uncovered something extraordinary inside Norway spruce needles – microscopic specks ...

When Burl Ives sang "Silver and gold decorations, on every Christmas tree" in "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer," he surely didn't know that Christmas trees actually have gold inside their needles — but ...

ROME — Lithium has been used to treat serious mood swings and bipolar disorder for more than a century, but it comes with a dangerous catch. The amount that helps is dangerously close to the amount ...

Energy startup Marathon Fusion claims to have found a scalable way to turn mercury into gold, but they still have much to prove. Reading time 2 minutes Keep checking those gold prices—scientists have ...

A fusion energy startup claims to have found a way to turn mercury into gold. As the Financial Times reports, San Francisco-based Marathon Fusion says that the same process that could one day ...

For the first time, physicists have directly measured the temperature of extremely hot gold particles using a giant X-ray laser—a breakthrough with major implications for engineering spacecraft or ...