For decades, scientists have suspected that a fifth fundamental force might exist. Unlike the four already identified ...

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For hundreds of millions of years, a top-shaped rubble pile called Bennu has orbited the sun in relative isolation. The asteroid, about a third of a mile wide at its equator, poses no immediate ...

The method involves observing how clay particles settle in salt water. The presence of the virus alters the clay's settling rate. This new approach offers a simple and affordable testing alternative.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Microscopic particles left behind by vaginal mesh could continue to trigger the immune system to attack healthy tissue even after the ...

Dust particles thrown up from deserts such as the Sahara and Gobi are playing a previously unknown role in air pollution, a new study has found. The international study published in National ...

That spin, combined with incoming material, sets the stage for something astonishing: collisions so violent they could reveal the universe’s most hidden particles—possibly even dark matter.

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A new article on polypropylene mesh, a material commonly used in pelvic mesh implants, suggests particles left behind by the material could continue to spark an autoimmune reaction even after it ...

Scientists have identified a new source of energetic particles near the Sun. These definitive observations were made by instruments aboard NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which detected the powerful ...

Closer to Earth, OSIRIS-APEX, strong from delivering the precious samples of asteroid Bennu, was going to meet the dangerous asteroid Apophis. The spacecraft is still traveling through space ...