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Materials science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the understanding and application of the properties of matter. Materials scientists study the connections between the underlying ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — A new seismic study of Singapore could guide urban growth and renewable energy development in the coastal city nation, where 5.6 million residents ... World's Oldest Impact Crater ...

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For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the ...

Lab grown diamonds offer the same brilliance as natural diamonds, crafted through the innovative Chemical Vapour Deposition ...

Mar. 13, 2025 — Researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the need to generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Such neurons could be used to treat ...

March 19, 2025 • The project, called Darwin's Cats, aims to enhance our understanding of feline behavior and genetics.

We look back on about 11 years of the Gaia spacecraft, now at the end of its mission to create the best map of the Milky Way. Humans have a surprising lack of hair for mammals. Biological ...