Scheduled to launch in early 2026, NASA's Artemis 2 is part of the bold 21st-century vision for returning astronauts to the ...

For decades, Uranus and Neptune have been filed neatly into the “ice giant” drawer, shorthand for worlds built mostly from ...

This efficiency challenge is caused by diffuser plates, sometimes called showerheads, used during semiconductor processing.

Although rare-earth elements (REEs) are not very rare, their recovery and purification is very cumbersome, with no ...

Imagine a device that lets you move heat very quickly from one place to another, yet needs no power, no electricity, no pumps and no moving parts. You might think, "Sure, that's what metals like ...

A nuclear thermal propulsion engine could cut the travel time in half for future space explorers racing to the Red Planet.

When scientists repeatedly drove a strongly interacting quantum system with laser “kicks,” they expected it to heat up and ...

Heat intolerance happens when your body has trouble regulating its body temperature. Excessive sweating and fatigue are common symptoms of heat intolerance. Drinking plenty of fluids and staying ...

An experiment with ultracold atoms reveals that a strongly driven quantum system doesn’t always heat up as expected. In daily ...

Hot glue guns are pretty simple beasts: there’s an on/off switch, a heating element, and a source of current, be it battery or wired. You turn it on, and the heater starts warming up; ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

A new study finds that California's rules protecting workers from excessive heat likely save dozens of lives every year. This comes as the federal government considers national heat-protection rules.