Scientists have mapped quantum tornadoes that swirl within tiny droplets of liquid helium, which confirms that helium nanodroplets are in fact the smallest possible superfluidic objects and opens new…

Nottingham Trent University, CC BY-NC-ND By Alister Scott, Birmingham City University In the current rush to achieve the highest student satisfaction and best positions on university league tables we…

By Peter Gwynne, Inside Science Why don't we suffocate whenever we try to take a breath? An international team of scientists has used quantum mechanics – the science that usually deals with events at…

Shall I compare thee to a novel? No. Tim McFarlane/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA By David Sweeney, Glasgow School of Art For the second year running, the Edinburgh International Book Festival returns with…

Next year, American consumers will finally be able to purchase fuel cell cars and they are zero-emissions vehicles but, like current electric cars, not really, since the cars will run on hydrogen…

If you capture a hummingbird on high-speed video and slow it down, their wings thrum like helicopter blades as they hover near food. Their hearts beat 20 times a second and their tongues dart 17…

Researchers at the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases scientists have found that Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in marmosets closely mimics…

New measurements of atomic-scale magnetic behavior in iron-based superconductors are challenging conventional wisdom about superconductivity and magnetism.  Superconductivity is strongly…

Emiliania huxleyi, up close and personal. Alison R. Taylor, CC BY By Assaf Vardi, Weizmann Institute of Science and Ilan Koren, Weizmann Institute of Science Algae isn’t just found in your garden…

Water is abundant and so is sunlight, and using them to create hydrogen makes sense for a cleaner energy future, where biological systems powered by sunlight can manufacture hydrogen to use as fuel.…