Twisted fibres are more efficient at capturing and transporting water from foggy air than straight ones. This finding, from ...

The distribution of quarks inside flavour-asymmetric mesons has been mapped by Yin-Zhen Xu of the University of Huelva and ...

Estonia is the first Baltic state to become a full member of the CERN particle-physics lab near Geneva. The country, which ...

Japanese artist Akiko Nakayama is different. Based in Tokyo, she makes the dynamic real-time flow of paint, ink and other liquids the centre of her work. Using a variety of colours, she encourages the ...

In 2010, the STAR collaboration unveiled the first evidence of an antihypernucleus, which was created by smashing gold nuclei ...

A quarter of a century after it was first posed, a fundamental question about the nature of quantum entanglement finally has ...

A new type of switch sends electrons propagating in opposite directions along the same paths – without ever colliding with ...

Experiments confirmed that hydrogels produced with CLEAR were fourfold to sevenfold tougher than hydrogels produced with ...

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Margaret Harris reviews It’s a Gas: the Magnificent and Elusive Elements that Expand Our World by Mark Miodownik ...