A pair of US researchers have developed a new model to tackle a deceptively simple problem: how a small block of ice melts ...

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Artemis II, the next mission in NASA’s Artemis program to explore the Moon, is scheduled to launch from Florida within the ...

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

Researchers share the easy ways to uncover moments of festive discovery, proving you don’t need a lab coat to experiment this Christmas Christmas may seem like a time for switching off and suspending ...

Amid a worsening air pollution crisis in parts of northern India, a Mumbai-based man has shared a simple experiment to demonstrate the effectiveness of N95 masks in filtering polluted air. The video, ...

Osaka, Japan — Slow earthquakes have been discovered to exhibit anomalously slow, long-lasting and small slips, adjacent to regular earthquakes where we sometimes feel catastrophic vibration (Fig. 1).

In 1943, a physicist and a biologist published a paper that confirmed one of the central pillars of Darwin's theory of evolution. The paper, by Max Delbrück of Vanderbilt University and Salvador Luria ...

With the right approach, even small firms can get a competitive advantage from the right kinds of tests. Harvard Business School’s Stefan Thomke says running experiments can give companies tremendous ...

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