After more than a decade of work, researchers now say they have uncovered the root cause of water’s unusual behavior. Their ...

Researchers in Germany have built a dual-frequency trap to capture electrons and ions for antihydrogen studies.

A new analysis reveals what happens when very short or narrow electron beams encounter a particle. The research is published ...

Physicists Gimin Bae, Youngjae Kim, and Jae Dong Lee have identified a specific microscopic process that causes quantum ...

In new research, scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, in collaboration with ...

A long-standing mystery in bacterial bioenergetics is beginning to unravel as researchers capture fleeting structural states of a sodium-pumping enzyme in action.

The key to working at a place like Ars Technica is solid news judgment. I’m talking about the kind of news judgment that knows whether a pet peeve is merely a pet peeve or whether it is, instead, a ...

Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) demanded that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirm or deny the existence of a “domestic terrorists” database that lists US citizens who protest ICE’s ...

A federal judge Tuesday ordered Trump ally Lindsey Halligan to explain why she continues to call herself the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia even though another judge determined in ...

A baffled reporter shouted out after President Donald Trump spent 20 minutes rambling at a press conference on his strike and capture of President Nicolás Maduro, asking him to “explain” himself.

The Venezuelan president and his wife were flown out of Caracas by helicopter to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, a warship taking them to New York. By Ashley Ahn President Trump posted a photograph on social ...