A new study explains why basketball shoes make a high-pitched squeaking noise when they rub against the hardwood. The ridges on the sole hold the key ...

Looming behind Regenstein Library is a bronze, mushroom cloud–shaped sculpture—Henry Moore’s Nuclear Energy. Installed in 1967, it now seems like an inconspicuous part of the campus landscape. In ...

Phonons are the collective vibrations that move through a solid. They can be thought of as waves traveling across the atomic ...

Rapid DNA tests, x-ray fluorescence guns, and other technologies are being deployed in the fight against wildlife trafficking ...

Investment by Beijing has transformed the country’s institutions despite lingering questions about research quality and ...

National Science Day Special – 28th FebruaryIn 1930, Sir C.V. Raman, one of India’s most eminent physicists was awarded the ...

In 1930, Sir C.V. Raman, one of India’s most eminent physicists was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his outstanding discovery on the scattering of light, ...

Therefore, the theme for this year, “Women in Science: Catalyzing Viksit Bharat” is not simply symbolically important. It is ...

When Katharine Burr Blodgett discovered nonreflecting glass, the General Electric Company’s public relations machine made her a star ...

Basketball shoes on a gym floor, bicycle brakes in need of a tune-up, or the squeal of tires are everyday examples of squeaking sounds. Such sounds have long been attributed to stick-slip friction, or ...

Ever had an idea for something that looked cool, but wouldn't work well in practice? When it comes to designing things like decor and personal accessories, generative artificial intelligence (genAI) ...

Researchers at the University of Tuebingen, working with an international team, have developed an artificial intelligence that designs entirely new, sometimes unusual, experiments in quantum physics ...