An international team of scientists has tentatively found some of the earliest indications of alcoholic drink production in the Patos Lagoon region of Brazil. State-of-the-art analysis of pottery ...

Parrots are already known for their mimicry of transitive actions, such as grabbing an object. Because they are highly social creatures with brains that are large relative to the size of their bodies, ...

A team of scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.

While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live ...

One of the key goals within the field of quantum computing is to achieve what is known as a quantum advantage. This term ...

Learn how Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) help policymakers and investors assess emerging tech and navigate hype cycles in ...

In her first column, APS President Randi Martin makes the case for collaborative research that cuts across research areas. In ...

Physicists in Germany have developed a new way of defining the standard unit of electrical resistance. The advantage of the ...

As the demand for high-speed wireless communication grows, millimeter-wave frequencies, such as the 27 GHz band, have become increasingly important for 5G and beyond. However, operating at these ...

The federal government has allocated $1.15 billion to long-covid research without any new treatments yet brought to market.

Experimental evolution is the use of laboratory or controlled field manipulations to investigate evolutionary processes. It usually makes use of organisms with rapid generation times and small ...