A burst of solar wind triggered a planet-wide heatwave in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, say astronomers at the University in ...

Harvard University is the suing the US government over its plan to block up to $9bn of government research grants to the ...

How it works Artist’s impression of how an ultrafast disruption of superconductivity in a YBCO thin film triggers an abrupt ...

A series of spectacular images of the cosmos has been released to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 35 years in space ...

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The world’s smallest temporary pacemaker is self-powered, optically controlled and dissolves when it’s no longer needed ...

Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) enable the flow of information between the brain and an external device such as a computer, ...

A proposed experiment that would involve trapping atoms on a two-layered laser grid could be used to study the mechanism ...

The presence of disorder causes worms to speed up, not slow down – a surprising result with applications in robotics ...

Plasma processing is a strong theme in this year’s focus on vacuum science and technology. We discover why tools and techniques developed as part of the boom in semiconductor fabrication are now ...

A quarter of a century after he started writing his “Critical Point” column, Robert P Crease reveals his underlying message ...