Cast your mind back to high school chemistry and you might remember the van der Waals force: The weak bond between molecules, caused by the way their electrons shift at the atomic level. Now, for the first time, those tiny forces have been measured between two atoms.
Physicists have now provided the first major results of NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, including an unprecedented look at the interaction between the magnetic fields of Earth and the sun.
A step has been taken toward the possibility of tuning the strength of memory by manipulating one of the brain's signaling memory mechanisms, a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine.
Comprehensive fundraising initiative aims to raise $5 billion to advance Institute's work on some of the world's biggest challenges.
A small water jet on the icy moon spews its fiercest eruptions when the moon is farthest from the planet, but overall gas output hardly increases.
This past weekend Germany generated so much electricity from renewable sources like solar and wind that suppliers effectively paid users to consume energy.
Wildfires continue to ravage the Canadian province of Alberta, and experts say they could double in size and take months to extinguish. Here are the latest space-based images of this unprecedented natural disaster.
An international group of mathematicians at Dartmouth College and other institutions have released a new online resource that provides detailed maps of previously uncharted mathematical terrain.
Today, the Solomon Islands are fighting a losing battle against climate change and rising sea levels.
A new analysis shows that 1,284 candidate planets are indeed confirmed exoplanets.
Responsible consumption will never be realised if environmentally and socially sustainable goods remain out of reach for an entire cross-section of society.
Researchers are going to examine the theory from American psychology that has taken UK schools by storm. “Growth mindset” is the name given by psychologist Carol Dweck to the idea that intelligence can develop, and that effort leads to success.
It seems that the D-Wave Computer does work, and the theory is that the hardware is 3,600 times faster than other supercomputers.
Canadian researchers have developed what they are claiming is the world's first holographic flexible smartphone, with a bendable display that allows multiple people looking at the device to see different 3D images depending on their perspective.
A record-breaking heatwave has swept across India since early April, bringing the worst drought in decades along with it.
