The Unprecedented Speed of Past Reversals A study by geophysicists from UC Berkeley and their Italian and French colleagues ...

Black holes have been fascinating subjects of study, not just because they are cosmic vacuum cleaners, but also as engines of ...

Nearly half a century ago, physicists proposed that the universe might be trapped in a metastable state known as a false vacuum. This state appears stable but could, over immense timescales, ...

Flux uses magnetic "bows" held in each hand to offer multi-dimensional control over pitch, modulation and synth parameters - ...

SOMA Laboratory, maker of experimental synthesizers and sound machines, announces that its highly anticipated instrument FLUX ...

Discover the challenges and breakthroughs in nuclear fusion, the clean energy source of the future. Learn about the science ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the ...

Scientists have discovered that Earth's inner core, previously thought to be solid and unchanging, has experienced ...

AI’s energy consumption is soaring, but spintronic devices could change the game. Researchers in Japan have created a device that efficiently switches magnetic states, reducing power use while ...

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...

The world is adept at balancing the warming gases in its atmosphere, but anthropogenic climate change is challenging this balance. A new study reports that 34 percent of the Arctic-boreal zone ...

As a result, magnetic north is always changing, and since its discovery in 1831, it has moved roughly 680 miles toward Siberia from its originally documented location. Its speed can also change ...