Sometimes science fiction does inspire science research. la Jurassic Parks entombed mosquito, scientists have developed a method to store DNA in an amberlike material and still extract it easily hours later. This storage method is… Jurassic Park inspires a new way to store DNA data

Nuclear power of the future is going to need fuel. That has governments, energy companies and nuclear engineers clamoring to get their hands on HALEU: high-assay low-enriched uranium. HALEU (pronounced like Hey, Lou) was previously… 4 questions about the uranium needed for next-generation nuclear reactors

Brief blasts of light might make some materials into fleeting superconductors. A new study strengthens the case for this controversial claim, first made more than a decade ago. But while some physicists are convinced, others… Can light spark superconductivity? A new study reignites debate

The motion of whizzing electrons has been captured like never before. Researchers have developed a laser-based microscope that snaps images at attosecond or a billionth of a billionth of a second speed. Dubbed attomicroscopy, the… The world’s fastest microscope makes its debut

Any way you slice it, a paper cut is painful.  Magazines, letters and books harbor a devious potential for minor self-induced agony. But other types of paper like thin tissue paper or the thicker stuff… Paper cut physics pinpoints the most hazardous types of paper

Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting readers’ questions about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events?… Separating science fact from fiction in Netflix’s 3 Body Problems

Meet graphene’s newest metallic cousin, gold. For the first time, researchers have created a free gold sheet, just one atom thick. The development, reported on April 16 Synthesis of Naturemay one day allow scientists to… Scientists developed a gold leaf only one atom thick

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Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting readers’ questions about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events?… Two real-world tests of quantum memories bring a quantum internet closer to reality