Swapping a tired outlet for a modern one looks like the definition of minor home maintenance, the kind of task you handle between errands without a second thought. Yet that simple change can quietly ...

Researchers have figured out how to create a gas that, when cooled to freezing temperatures, will not experience resistance or diffusion. The atoms in this gas do not abide by the usual ballistic or ...

Researchers at TU Wien have discovered a quantum system where energy and mass move with perfect efficiency. In an ultracold gas of atoms confined to a single line, countless collisions occur—but ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A science experiment tests an extremely fast heat conductor, showing how quickly thermal energy can move through certain materials and why it behaves this way. Construction of collapsed temple caught ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Ashunte Hunt from Albany has been arrested and charged in connection with an ongoing narcotics investigation, according to the Albany Police Department. American Heart Month spotlights local girl ...

In August, an amateur French astronomer, Adrien Coffinet, messaged an email list dedicated to asteroid and comet research with an announcement. He’d identified a new quasi-moon: “2025 PN7 seems to be ...

One of the basic maxims of space travel, says Flight Director Chris Kraft, is: “If you don’t know what to do, don’t do anything.” Then, if the problem does not correct itself, there is almost always ...

An assistant conductor for New Jersey Transit has filed a federal lawsuit claiming there were no police officers present when he and other workers were violently attacked by a passenger on a train in ...

Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Over the last 5 years, confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public has fallen significantly. A majority of researchers in science, technology, ...

A team partially replaced lithium in a lithium antimonide compound with the metal scandium. This creates specific gaps, so-called vacancies, in the crystal lattice of the conductor material. These ...