These are three things that best sum up Henry Louis Smith, an American physician and teacher. On January 12, 1896 – just over two months after Wilhelm Roentgen had discovered X-rays – the U.S. got one ...

Physicists are putting the finishing touches on the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory, or JUNO, which will delve into the secretive ways of neutrinos, a family of extremely lightweight ...

Scientists at the institution showed through an innovative quantum experiment that light appears to emerge from a material before entering, overturning several decades of prevailing ideas about ...

“There were a lot of anecdotes but we didn’t really have any definitive, very carefully controlled experiments to test ... study co-author Sabina Wilhelm, a seabird biologist with the Canadian ...

By mixing aniline, derived from coal tar, with a few chemical compounds, he hoped he had found an alternative. The experiment was a failure, but he obtained a dark purple precipitate, soluble in water ...

Today we realize that it was an extremely belated historical experiment, as well as being out of line with the underlying aims of Bismarckian policy. But was it, from the viewpoint of past ...

This experiment is a new iteration of the famous 1952 work by Stanley Miller, a 22-year-old American chemist who demonstrated that the basic building blocks of life could be easily created in a ...

The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on Breitscheidplatz is one of Berlin's most famous landmarks. The ruin of the old church has been converted into a war memorial. The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church ...

Science news this week Jan. 25, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

For a hundred years, scholars have tried and failed to decipher the script of the Indus Valley Civilisation. Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister has now announced a $1 million prize for anyone who succeeds.