Something invisible holds the universe intact. It outweighs everything you can see—every star, every gas cloud, every galaxy—by a factor of five. We call it dark matter, and for decades, the standard, ...

Programmable matter encompasses collections of simple units or modules that can reconfigure their collective shape and properties under algorithmic control. Such systems draw inspiration from biology, ...

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A model of the cyclic universe suggests that dark matter could be a population of black holes predating the Big Bang. There are different versions of the “multiverse.” The most popular model—that of ...

Once upon a time, during the Great Famine in Ireland, a deep bond was created between the island nation and the First Nations across the United States and Canada, who donated money to help the Irish ...

Atomically thin semiconductors such as tungsten disulfide (WS 2) are promising materials for future photonic technologies. Despite being only a single layer of atoms thick, they host tightly bound ...

A newly developed hybrid photonic platform couples a tungsten disulfide monolayer to Mie void resonators—subwavelength air cavities carved into a high-index bismuth telluride substrate. Atomically ...

Tubi is in its "cartoon era." In a Feb. 13 post on X, the free on-demand streaming service revealed it was adding 100 animated shows to its platform beginning March 1. Founded in 2014, Tubi offers ...

Astronomers have just identified what appears to be a cosmic anomaly: a faint galaxy with so few visible stars that, according to calculations, as much as 99.9 percent of its mass is dark matter. The ...

"It highlights gravity's possible hidden complexity and invites a reevaluation of where dark matter effects originate." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

The future may see advancements in claytronics, memory metals, and catoms to allow shapeshifting materials that can take on any form and perform any job - possibly even taking on human form itself.