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Quantum fridges, batteries and clocks are brilliant inventions but still limited in power. Now physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern is charting a path to take them to the next level

MIT Professor Rohit Karnik has been named the new director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS), the only program at MIT specifically focused on water and food for human need.

Scientists studying a centuries-old mystery of physics suggest two "arrows of time" control the evolution of quantum systems

The weather phenomena are common for California winters, but they could cause dangerous debris flows or mudslides in recently burned areas.

On the thermodynamics of history.

Information Philosopher is dedicated to the new Information Philosophy, with explanations for Freedom, Values, and Knowledge.

The grandfather paradox is just one of the thorny logical problems that arise with the concept of time travel. But one physicist says he has resolved them.

Artificial intelligence wastes an extraordinary amount of energy - but running every computer calculation twice, first forwards and then backwards, could drastically curb that problem

The multiverse offers no escape from our reality—which might be a very good thing

Scientists are seriously investigating how bending the laws of physics could explain how UAPs like the "Tic-Tac" could perform otherworldly maneuvers,.

Lactoferrin (LF), a multifunctional glycoprotein of the transferrin family, is naturally expressed in human and cow milk. The name "LF" is derived from its ability to bind to iron (ferrin, a suffix indicating iron-binding protein).

Scientists from China and Belgium recently published a study in Nature Communications that proposes the existence of a diamond layer at Mercury's core-mantle boundary. It suggests this...

The field of synthetic biology, the science of manipulating biology, has a lot of "cooks in the kitchen," which has both helped it flourish and made it unusually difficult to create a cohesive, consistent curriculum for students at every level of study. Each discipline involved—from chemical engineering to ethics—has a unique approach to teaching and literature, which creates inconsistencies between what scientists…

Programmable liquids could aid robot grippers, shock absorption, acoustics, and more

IEEE also reflects on the lives of other members

The "Second Law of Infodynamics" could prove it.

Exactly how does coral make its skeleton, a sea urchin grow a spine, or an abalone form the mother-of-pearl in its shell? A new study at the Advanced Light Source at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) revealed that this process of biomineralization, which sea creatures use to lock carbon away in their bodies, is more complex and diverse than previously thought.

An international team has revealed a surprising universal propensity of forming stable hybrid compounds under high pressures.

A cosmologist explains how scientists investigate Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) cases by looking for solid evidence of aliens.

Senior and MIT Crew member Tatum Wilhelm balances her chemical engineering and anthropology studies with early mornings on the Charles River.