Life scientist Shu Xiaokun has moved to Shanghai to join Fudan University after more than two decades in the U.S., where he secured more than US$20 million in research funding.

Researchers at Northwestern University have identified a single mechanical ratio that dozens of unrelated sea creatures, from jellyfish to squid to bony fish, appear to share when they swim. The ...

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have demonstrated that quantum entanglement between pairs of atomic defects in diamond can sharpen nanoscale sensors well beyond ...

Physicists have directly visualized the fundamental electronic building blocks of flat-band quantum materials, a class of systems in which electron motion is effectively quenched and strong ...

He has completed his academic career by finishing his PhD, flying back to Germany with his dad, and preparing for his next educational pursuit. This time, he will be studying medical science with a ...

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Physics departments chairs around the country have expressed feelings of demoralization, decreased productivity, and a reduced capacity for graduate students as a result of policy changes. These ...

Static electricity may seem simple. Students often learn that rubbing a balloon against their hair will cause negatively ...

Animals come in an extraordinary range of body shapes. A starfish looks nothing like an earthworm, a mouse, or a human. Yet even closely related species can appear radically different: corals, ...

While these behavior changes have clear long-term benefits, I’d like to offer up a more radical change, one whose positive effects are immediate and undeniable: For just one day, give up all clocks. I ...

President Michael Kotlikoff and Provost Kavita Bala spoke to the Faculty Senate about the Student Code of Conduct, Policy 6.4, which addresses bias, discrimination and sexual misconduct, the Committee ...

Sometimes the best science happens by accident,” Co-investigator John Noonan, a research professor in the Department of Physics at Auburn University in Alabama, said in a statement.