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New research has shown how a synthetic self-made fibers can guide molecular movement that can be fueled by light over long distances, a discovery that could pave the way for new ways to use light as a source of sustainable energy.

Scientists have found a way to decode the brain activity associated with individual abstract scientific concepts pertaining to matter and energy, such as fermion or dark matter.

Using the world's most powerful radio antenna, scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blasting out radio waves, possibly indicating the existence of hidden planets.

Fraudulent practices in food production, especially false claims of geographical origin, cause billions of dollars in economic damage every year. Botanists have now developed a model that can be used to determine the origin of food in an efficient and low-cost manner.

A class of materials that once looked as if it might revolutionize everything from solar cells to frying pans -- but fell out of favor in the early 2000s -- could be poised for commercial resurrection, new findings suggest.

A new study finds a visit from human-controlled robot encourages a positive outlook and improves medical interactions for hospitalized children.

Researchers have presented evidence that a Middle Bronze Age city called Tall el-Hammam, located in the Jordan Valley northeast of the Dead Sea, was destroyed by a cosmic airburst.

Researchers have developed a versatile composite fabric that can deactivate both biological threats, such as the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and chemical threats, such as those used in chemical warfare. A material that is effective against both classes of threats is rare. The new material also is reusable. It can be restored to its original state after the fabric has been exposed to threats by a simple bleach treatment.

A team of scientists and doctors has developed a capability to detect airborne SARS-CoV-2 RNA -- the nucleic acid coding for the virus that causes COVID-19 -- indoors through air sampling. When trialed in two inpatient wards of a major Singaporean hospital caring for active COVID-19 patients the air surveillance approach produced a higher detection rate of environmental SARS-CoV-2 RNA (72%) compared to surface swab samples (9.6 percent) collected in the same area.

A study leverages concepts from physics to model how campaign strategies influence the opinions of an electorate in a two-party system.

Researchers explore the microstructure of the ground beetle exoskeleton using microscopy.

Researchers have demonstrated disorder-induced localization, a rather difficult wave phenomenon to observe, but also one of the most striking and puzzling manifestations of wave interference predicted by Nobel Prize laureate P.W. Anderson for electrons and, later, generalized to light waves.