A burst of solar wind triggered a planet-wide heatwave in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, say astronomers at the University in ...

A series of spectacular images of the cosmos has been released to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 35 years in space ...

How it works Artist’s impression of how an ultrafast disruption of superconductivity in a YBCO thin film triggers an abrupt ...

Harvard University is the suing the US government over its plan to block up to $9bn of government research grants to the ...

Supercritical water also shows promise as an environmentally friendly solvent for industrial processes such as catalysis, and ...

Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) enable the flow of information between the brain and an external device such as a computer, ...

A proposed experiment that would involve trapping atoms on a two-layered laser grid could be used to study the mechanism ...

Plasma processing is a strong theme in this year’s focus on vacuum science and technology. We discover why tools and techniques developed as part of the boom in semiconductor fabrication are now ...

The world’s smallest temporary pacemaker is self-powered, optically controlled and dissolves when it’s no longer needed ...

In Europe, neutron scientists are facing up to a number of headwinds. One is the uncertainty caused by the recent UK vote to leave the European Union, while another is the impending closure of ageing ...

Worms move faster in an environment riddled with randomly-placed obstacles than they do in an empty space. This surprising observation by physicists at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands ...