When dust sticks to a surface or a lizard sits on a ceiling, it is due to "nature's invisible glue." Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now discovered a quick and easy way ...

Astronomers have detected a previously unknown supernova explosion more than 4 billion light-years away using a rare phenomenon called “gravitational lensing,” which serves as a kind of cosmic ...

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For decades, scientists have searched for a fifth fundamental force of nature that can explain mysterious aspects of the universe such as dark energy and dark matter. These are pieces of our cosmos ...

A new method using gold flakes, salt water, and light reveals the tiny forces that bind matter and drive self-assembly, offering fresh insight into nanoscale physics. (Nanowerk News) In the lab at ...

A lot of times, when you’re pushing science to the absolute limits, you want an experiment to have one of two results. First, you want to see a positive result—something that confirms your models and ...

A test to measure a leading candidate for dark energy, a fifth fundamental force called the chameleon force, has found no evidence that it is real. The researchers behind the test say this rules out ...