Harvesting antimatter in space would completely bypass the obstacle of low efficiency when a particle accelerator is used to produce antimatter.

A metamaterial that stretches when compressed and contracts when pulled could one day lead to materials that offer protection against blasts

Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.

The complex properties of radioactive plutonium-239 made its structure hard to analyse – until now. The result may improve methods for storing nuclear waste

An enzyme found in nearly all forms of life runs on a 24-hour clock and dates back to a pivotal moment in evolution

A study of the world's largest subway networks shows they share a number of mathematical features, irrespective of their age or location.

A quantum property called entanglement has been used to teleport a quantum state 97 kilometres, smashing the previous record

One particular section of the Alaskan-Aleutian subduction zone has not ruptured since 1788, and geodesy measurements reveal that strain is accumulating rapidly.

A "vegetational Pompeii" buried in a coal deposit is shedding light on the Permian period

Physicists have created a new gamma-ray lens and they believe it will open up a new field of gamma-ray optics for medical imaging, detecting illicit nuclear material, and getting rid of nuclear waste.