The chances of intelligent life emerging in our universe—and in any hypothetical ones beyond it—can be estimated by a new ...

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The tiny device uses a tightly focused beam of light to capture and manipulate cells. MIT researchers have developed a miniature, chip-based “tractor beam,” like the one that captures the Millennium ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Using a sophisticated new modeling approach, researchers have estimated carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters to 22 million U.S. lakes, rivers ... Laser Measurements to ...

The result was one of the most famous experiments in scientific history and a discovery that, alongside other contributions by Newton, gave birth to the modern field of optics. In perhaps the most ...

Jonathan Haidt’s book The Anxious Generation has set governments against teen social media – and triggered a months-long ...

A group of media specialists and teachers used children's books and balloon experiments to build STEM habits in their students ...

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Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu parachuted back to Earth after their six-month stay in the country’s Tiangong space ...

It’s your new favorite source for the strangest science-adjacent facts ... A team of scientists out of Germany did an ...