Green art conservation methods developed by EU researchers are setting new standards and proving useful far beyond museums, ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals. Researchers identified its more distant origin.

A new book proposes that human memory is like a Lego tower, built from the ground up, broken down, put away and rebuilt each time it’s called to mind. LeventKonuk/iStock Editorial/Getty Images Plus ...

At first, scientists had expected the unusual material to be diamond with a hexagonal structure, rather than the classic cubic diamonds we are used to. Studying samples of the meteorite in 2022 ...

In “The Miraculous From the Material,” the best-selling author Alan Lightman examines the science behind the wonder. By Adam Nicolson Adam Nicolson is the author, most recently, of “How to ...

Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have now developed a method that enables the synthesis of hundreds of new 2D materials. Their study has been published in the journal Science.

Image: Mariner Books The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 edited by John Joseph Adams and Rebecca Roanhorse This collection gathers 20 diverse stories that exemplify “the ever ...

You may need to read dozens of books each year to offset that new e-reader Occasional readers should stick with paper for now. By Carla Delgado Published Feb 17, 2022 10:00 AM EST ...

Optical fiber “really has strung the world together in a new way,” says Ainissa Ramirez, a materials scientist and author of the 2020 book The Alchemy of Us (SN: 4/25/20, p. 28).

We’re also seeing breakthroughs in energy storage and quantum computing. In robotics, new materials are helping us create the artificial muscles needed for humanoid, soft robots—think Westworld in ...

Whilst I’ve researched and mini-reviewed this year’s list of popular science books, I’ve once again been impressed with the overall quality and variety of popular science books about physics ...