Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical ...

In a quiet laboratory, a team of atmospheric scientists and engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory recently gathered around a workstation to watch as little ...

At the same time, a current of cold electrons travels toward the heated plasma from the opposite direction. When the two meet, the plasma develops filament-shaped instabilities that SLAC’s facilities ...

This mind-bending relativity illusion has never been seen—until now ...

This is where Godzilla earns its keep. Standing four meters tall and capable of lifting 2.3 metric tons, Godzilla is the ultimate testbed. Starting in March 2026, the robot will begin testing over 30 ...

A European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells.

The partial government shutdown that began Saturday in a battle between Democrats and the Trump administration over oversight of immigration officers seems to have no clear end.

In the frantic hours following an offshore oil spill, emergency responders face a destructive decision: let the oil spread or ignite it. Once ignited, it creates an "in-situ" fire pool that stops the ...

In the 1930s, the Switzer brothers stumbled onto a way to mimic fluorescence. That led to Day-Glo, which has been making the world a brighter place ever since ...