Most cultures who developed metalworking technology never let the skill go to waste. But in what's now Michigan, Native Americans started making metal tools well before anyone else did, and then stopped. And the reason why this happened is hiding in the very…

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When the Visualphone VP210 hit the market in 1999, it advertised a never-before-seen feature: a camera. With only .11 megapixels, the Visualphone is a relic compared to modern devices. But while this technology…

Call it one of the world’s smallest cat videos.To demonstrate an advance that could one day help build a type of quantum computer, researchers have made a ca...

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Even though cleft lips and palates are really common, there's still a lot of research that needs to be done into why they form.…

When particle physicist John Huth was briefly lost at sea, he started to wonder how the people around the world who navigate vast oceans figured their way around. What started as an afternoon activity gone awry led him to a years-long research journey, meeting…

In their first lecture, John Meurig Thomas and David Phillips examine the symmetry and other striking physical characteristics of minerals and gemstones.

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In November 2024, environmental police stumbled on an unexpected sight: thousands of orange-and-black bumblebee catfish scaling the slippery rocks behind wat...

What does a crystal look like up close? John Meurig Thomas uses optical and electron diffraction to reveal the crystal architecture and explains how the architecture of proteins links to their function.

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Levitating with superconductors, charging with semiconductors and combusting with catalysts. John Meurig Thomas demonstrates the use of these materials in our everyday life.

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How do you amplify light with the stimulated emission of radiation? In this lecture, David Phillips shows us step by step how to construct a laser.

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Lasers are not just for pointing at the board. David Phillips shows us the different applications of laser from their use in research to detecting pollutants in the atmosphere.

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Laser technology is being used in medicine to investigate, diagnose and cure. David Phillips shows us the different uses of lasers on the human body.

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Why do river channels confine to a single pathway or divide flow into multiple interwoven pathways? Geoscientist Austin Chadwick explains.Read more: https://...

There's one human innovation that's so critical to our lives that every modern human group seems to have it. And you probably have some in your craft drawer - it's glue! Turns out there's a long history of glue-making that cements it as a foundational invention…

Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi share the 2025 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for identifying immune cells that help prevent the body...

Dig into the science of inhalers, and find out how these devices treat common respiratory conditions like asthma and COPD.

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Inhalers are mainly used to treat two conditions: asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. And there are two…

John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis share 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for a discovery that paved the way for quantum computing.Read more: Groundbre...

Soviet agronomist Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov was obsessed with plants. Especially finding out where domesticated crops first came from. And out of his research came a proposal that certain crops, like rye and oats, were evolutionary accidents. Stalin didn't…

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Cells are particularly good at solving mazes, according to a 2020 Science study that demonstrates how they are able to navigate long and complicated routes t...

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi share the Nobel Prize for the creation of metal-organic frameworks.#science #nobel #chemistry Read more: Chemi...