Olivine, the most common mineral in the upper 400 km (about 250 miles) of Earth’s interior, has long been studied for how it deforms. Scientists have identified two primary directions of dislocation ...

A dark point inside a wave of light sounds like a contradiction. It is also something researchers say they have now viewed in real time, moving so quickly that, by one measure, it outran light itself.

Grain boundaries determine how strong a material is: the more grain boundaries, the stronger the material. Grain boundaries move through a material, but how this movement works had until now remained ...

Jacobs School researchers have shown how an electron diffraction technique can quickly and efficiently create high-resolution ...

Hilary Coon, David Grunwald, and Chris Hill have been elected for their scientifically and socially distinguished ...

Some materials behave unexpectedly. They crack differently than expected, or react in ways that are hard to explain. The ...

Prostate cancer affects one in five Australian men, making it the most common cancer in the country. Now, researchers at the ...

In a major advance applying insights from quantum physics to the inner workings of biology, a team of WashU researchers has ...

Some objects make you pause and ask, "Wait, what is that?" But the real surprise isn't just their strange appearance, it's ...

Our latest Pompey Q&A returns today for subscribers of The News, with John Mousinho’s future a focus as the Bristol City job ...

A team in Germany has shown that mouse brain tissue can regain measurable signs of activity after being preserved in a ...

WashU researchers implanted nanodiamond quantum biosensors into living cells to measure mitochondrial magnetism and ...