Scientists have identified water as one of the most effective materials for blocking radiation. Water is dense and contains ...

This even distribution of hydrogen is thought to be key to developing scalable radiation shields for both spacecraft and the ...

Researchers have announced results from a new search at the European X-ray Free Electron Laser (European XFEL) Facility at ...

Researchers find that tiny plastic particles increase the absorption of environmental arsenic and pesticides in lettuce and human intestinal cells, raising new safety concerns about plastic pollution.

This research is part of a growing field called ‘active matter,’ which could one day lead to new drug delivery methods and self-repairing materials. Most materials, like wood or plastic, stay still ...

Neutrinos are sometimes called “ghost particles,” because they are nearly weightless, rarely interact with any other matter, ...

Researchers at the University of Oxford, together with colleagues at the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and at several other ...

University of Minnesota researchers are studying how to remove Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), also known as forever chemicals, from the environment. According to the National ...

Fresh research proposes that the universe might be teeming with particles that move faster than light, according to ...

An exotic new approach could shrink kilometer-scale machines into table-top devices.

A recent NASA report suggests that countless tiny particles could be coming together to create an invisible, foam-like dark matter right in the middle of our ...