The world’s harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) are masters in seeing through the cloudy coastal waters they call home. Equipped ...

Depriving people of their senses, like putting them in total darkness, or in a room without sound, is known as sensory deprivation, and it’s regarded as a form of torture. People who have trouble ...

Researchers developed a faster, more stable way to simulate the swirling electric fields inside industrial plasmas -- the kind used to make microchips and coat materials. The improved method could ...

Is it possible to upload the consciousness of your mind into a computer? – Amreen, age 15, New Delhi, India The concept, cool ...

If it’s true, this work could have ramifications for some of the biggest mysteries of the universe, including learning where ...

When a molecule absorbs light, it undergoes a whirlwind of quantum-mechanical transformations. Electrons jump between energy ...

Researchers at the University of Sydney have successfully performed the first-ever quantum simulation of chemical dynamics with real molecules. This breakthrough could help scientists enter ...

Quantum tech breakthrough shows how real molecules react to light—opening doors to better drugs, solar cells, and more.

But according to a scientist, the classic movie's premise may not be completely science fiction ... living in a virtual simulation. Our universe is the 'ultimate computer', Professor Vopson ...

A team from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, led by Argonnes division director for computational science ... Largest-ever computer simulation of the ...