The ORNL team studied polymer membranes for clean energy, using neutron scattering and models to improve fuel cell efficiency ...

The photoelectric effect involves quantum particles of light (photons) interacting with electrons in atoms, molecules and ...

Enbridge will build an 815-megawatt solar farm in West Texas, with Toyota as one of the clients for the solar energy.

Scientists have created the world's thinnest spaghetti, but it's not for eating -- it's for wound healing to tissue ...

In an underground lab in a mountainous region of Italy that contains the coldest temperatures known to exist in the universe, ...

The Epoch of Reionization — the universe’s last major transition — may have happened earlier than previously thought.

The static electricity forms in the dryer as loose electrons give clothing atoms a negative charge. The fabric softener helps balance the electrons and ions to prevent static cling. Dryer sheets are ...

Astronomers reveal what a dramatic 'smash-up' event between two galaxies could look like.

Now, a new study published Nov. 11 in Nature Astronomy has revisited the Voyager 2 data and discovered that Uranus was ...

Traditionally, X-ray methods require at least 10,000 atoms to generate a detectable signal. This is because the X-ray signal ...

Flooding can cause a a lithium-ion battery pack to burst into flames — releasing toxic fumes and violent flames that are hard ...

Does light behave more like a particle, or like a wave? Today we know the surprising answer. Here's why it took so long to ...