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Dimethyl sulfide is in the news after NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may have detected relatively high levels of it in the atmosphere of an exoplanet called K2-18 b

Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of longtime Yankee outfielder Brett Gardner, died from carbon monoxide poisoning while vacationing at a resort in Costa Rica — a tragedy that was entirely preventable. Despite initial denials, a routine blood test confirmed the cause, underscoring the importance of mechanical maintenance and working carbon monoxide detectors.

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Explore the key moments in the history of quantum theory, from the early ideas of Albert Einstein and Werner Heisenberg to the discovery of phenomena like superposition and entanglement – and today's quantum computers

China is blocking exports of these vital minerals. What makes them so special?

This new particle is so small it makes an atom look enormous.

A new multimodal tool combines a large language model with powerful graph-based AI models to efficiently find new, synthesizable molecules with desired properties, based on a user's queries in plain language.

Physicists at the University of Innsbruck have succeeded in creating hot Schrödinger cat states in a superconducting microwave resonator.

For ATOM to continue with the uptrend, it needed to break and stay above the key level at $5.

It's slow and inefficient, but the semiconductor is only one molecule thick.

The laws of physics may not apply in the Star Wars universe. But just because it's highly unlikely we'll ever make the jump to lightspeed as seen in the films,…

Nitrogen comprises around 78% of Earth's atmosphere, so why do most lifeforms breathe oxygen?

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In a first, physicists have directly seen Hofstadter's butterfly—a long-sought-after fractal in the quantum realm

A petition to save a 120-year-old NIST lab relied upon for spectroscopic endeavors that advance many fields, including medical imaging and diagnostics, is circulating under a new online campaign opposing impending Trump administration layoffs.

Learn why the neutrino detector aims to capture elusive particles, hoping to reveal why the universe is the way it is.

The latest time crystal innovation may expand the known boundaries of quantum mechanics.

A new map of cosmic expansion suggests that dark energy evolves over time, hinting that the universe doesn't work the way we thought it did

Why IBM, TSMC, Quantinuum, and SambaNova Systems are among Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in computing for 2025.

Over time, this has led to our modern cosmos: full of atoms, stars, planets, galaxies, galaxy clusters, and a grand cosmic web. On some of those planets, life has arisen, with at least one instance…