2026

Inside high-energy proton collisions, quarks and gluons briefly form a dense, boiling state before cooling into ordinary particles. Researchers expected […]

Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field.

Overfished coral reefs are producing far less food than they could. Researchers found that letting reef fish populations recover could

Not all microbes are villains—many are vital to keeping us healthy. Researchers have created a world-first database that tracks beneficial

Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural polymers don’t.

Scientists have discovered a rogue planet roaming the Milky Way after combining observations from Earth and a space telescope. This

Researchers using China’s “artificial sun” fusion reactor have broken through a long-standing density barrier in fusion plasma. The experiment confirmed

Welcome back to the Abstract, and Happy New Year! Here are the studies this week that stoked the flames, cooled

Eduardo Filgueiras/Unsplash This year, Australian drowning deaths reached their worst level in three decades. Tragically, 357 drownings were reported between

Protest over climate crisis and AI has cut power to tens of thousands of homes which may take days to