Metamaterials are engineered to exhibit unusual properties, such as band gaps that block mechanical vibrations of certain frequencies. While these properties can be tuned, adjusting and maintaining a ...

Precision horticulture, using technology to optimize crop production, has grown in recent years. To help farmers improve crop resilience and reduce losses caused by environmental stress, researchers ...

Human ears detect pressure fluctuations, which are translated into electric signals and then interpreted as sound. Most animals, however, respond to the motion of the surrounding medium in a sound ...

One of the first brave souls to respond was Dr. Michael F. Shlesinger, who donated his memoir, An Unbounded Experience in Random Walks with Applications , published in 2021 by World Scientific. This ...

Simulations suggest that the combination of two cancer-therapy strategies, which individually deliver poor outcomes, might produce optimal results.

A new device can freely and efficiently change the frequency of microwave signals, enabling communication between otherwise incompatible quantum systems.

The "little red dot" CAPERS-LRD-z9 is the most distant object to show the characteristic broad emission lines of fast-moving gas around a black hole.

New observations from the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) show the multilayered winds of NGC 4151 in a whole new light.

Sky & Telescope Associate Editor Sean Walker and Contributing Editor Stephen James O'Meara accompanied nine adventurers on a stargazing safari for an immersive experience in the African bush in ...