A hundred years ago this week, at the height of the quantum revolution, Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger submitted a ...

A century ago, Erwin Schrödinger came up with an equation that says how the quantum world behaves. Now scientists are asking ...

Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure ...

A group of volunteers spent days locked in a small hotel room with people actively infected with flu. They played games, ...

This free app lets you play around with smartphone sensors you probably didn't know existed.

At the University of Queensland, there is a display containing the longest-running laboratory experiment in the world. It's ...

A strange new phase of ice has been discovered during experiments with the world's largest X-ray laser. Meet ice XXI, a bizarre phase that forms at room temperature, under extreme pressure. Ice XXI is ...

The number-one job of a marketer is to invest budget wisely to drive sales. That inherently requires accurately measuring the performance of that spending. Yet most advertisers still rely on flawed ...

Grilling a steak to the perfect medium-rare. Roasting a whole chicken without drying it out. Smoking a brisket low and slow until it’s melt-in-your-mouth tender. Whether you’re a home cook or backyard ...

Much of the warming measured at the Earth’s surface over the past 125 years stems from temperature measurements from locations with growing urban populations resulting in the “urban heat island” ...

Institute of Railway and Urban Rail Transit, Tongji University, Shanghai, China This study describes a method for preparing thermocouple sensor based on NiCr/NiSi thin films. Using magnetron ...