Elephants use about 1,000 specialized trunk whiskers with a built-in stiffness gradient to precisely sense contact.

The presence of dogs changes the gas, particle and microbial composition of the surrounding air. This impact has now been quantified, thanks to a ...

In a new study, an aging clock has revealed neuron-specific aging, as well as potentially neuroprotective compounds.

Close-up observations of the Sun explain how solar flares start, grow, and send high-energy particles racing through space.

How Kenyan scientist Mercy Akinyi is establishing a Max Planck Humboldt Research Group in her home countryIn Tana River, ...

New first-principles simulations reveal how metallic surfaces reshape nanoscale vibrational imaging, advancing the interpretation of tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

Learn more about the unique structure of elephant whiskers that allows them to pick up something as fragile as a tortilla chip and not break it. These delicate whiskers could soon inspire advanced ...

Magnetic fields thread through galaxies, stretch across cosmic voids, and shape the behavior of charged particles over millions of light-years. Yet their origin remains one of the most stubborn ...

Physicists in Germany have carried out the most accurate measurement to date of the width of the proton. By examining a previously unexplored energy-level transition in the hydrogen atom, Lothar ...

CALABASAS, Calif., Feb. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new theoretical framework released today proposes that the vacuum of space is not a smooth void, but a geometrically structured medium with a finite ...