David Liu, Joel Habener, and Alberto Ascherio are among recipients of this year's six Breakthrough Prizes, the "Oscars of ...

Imagine building a Lego tower with perfectly aligned blocks. Each block represents an atom in a tiny crystal, known as a ...

A parasitic wasp that flew among dinosaurs had a Venus flytrap-like contraption on its abdomen that likely allowed it to ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...

Argonne scientists have unveiled new methods for controlling material properties. The breakthrough enables researchers to ...

An international team has merged two lab-synthesized materials into a synthetic quantum structure once thought impossible to exist and produced an exotic structure expected to provide insights ...

Import taxes on staples such as microscopes, glassware and computer chips will affect institutions already feeling financial ...

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Cincinnati achieved a ...

The Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) has awarded MIT Lincoln Laboratory a 2025 FLC Excellence in Technology Transfer Award ...

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how ...

Argonne researchers have shown that they can use light to temporarily alter the crystal symmetry within lead sulfide quantum dots. This process reduces the off-centering of lead atoms and affects the ...

Biological systems, once thought too chaotic for quantum effects, may be quietly leveraging quantum mechanics to process ...