A highly sensitive chemical sensor based on Raman spectroscopy and using nitrogen-doped graphene as a substrate was developed by an international team of researchers working at Penn State. In this ...

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It’s easy to assume that the biggest breakthroughs happened recently, after computers, satellites, and billion-dollar laboratories became the norm. Here are 20 scientists who discovered something huge ...

Explore how to build a DIY electric motor using simple, readily available materials in this detailed tutorial. Watch step-by-step as we construct the rotor, wind the stator coils, assemble the motor ...

Cereal prizes used to be a big deal. In the 1940s and 1950s, kids didn’t just eat breakfast; they studied the box, filled out mail-in forms, and waited weeks for something exciting to arrive.

Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The fate of some experiments hangs in the air. Lost Science Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams ...

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Princeton dedicated a dozen Prospect House spaces on Oct. 22 in honor of faculty, alumni and others who “helped to shape the University and the world” through their achievements and perseverance in ...

MIT researchers found that metals retain hidden atomic patterns once believed to vanish during manufacturing. These patterns arise from microscopic dislocations that guide atoms into preferred ...

Talk of atomic power for peaceful purposes is usually treated only as a hope for the distant, peaceful future. At last week’s Chicago meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atomic Energy ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today opened the doors to its newly created Visitor Centre located in its laboratory facility in Seibersdorf, Austria, a first-of-its-kind space where ...