When Katharine Burr Blodgett discovered nonreflecting glass, the General Electric Company’s public relations machine made her a star ...

Wildfires have increased in frequency and severity over the past few decades. More fires are burning at the wildland-urban interface (WUI), where homes and other buildings meet the natural ...

Scientists have observed "coronae" on treetops for the first time, confirming the phenomenon occurs in the wild.

Three bright candles are placed under a hydraulic press for a melting and crushing experiment.

The Schrödinger equation rewrote the rules of matter and forever changed the field of chemistry. Donald Truhlar, a chemist at the University of Minnesota, calls it the “greatest advance of the 20th ...

Chinese astronaut conduct a spherical flame experiment during an orbit to ground space lecture using a match and a candle. Note: Video is in Mandarin - No translation available. Credit: China Central ...

A viral video shows a glowing sun pillar in Mongolia, dubbed the "sun candle" The phenomenon is caused by sunlight reflecting off ice crystals in cold air Sun pillars are rare, requiring clear skies ...

Both candles and crayons start with wax — but they’re made for very different jobs. Candle wax is designed to melt evenly and burn cleanly, while crayon wax is built to stay solid and leave a trail of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – “Smitten with Science” at the Great Lakes Science Center blends candy, chemistry and creativity into a hands-on Valentine’s season experience designed to show kids that science can ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Everyone knows it's cold it is outside. The entire Philadelphia region has remained below freezing for the seventh day in a row, with little relief in sight. But we are tapping ...

Artemis II, the next mission in NASA’s Artemis program to explore the Moon, is scheduled to launch from Florida within the coming weeks. The mission will be the first crewed mission to the vicinity of ...

In the Arizona desert, a vast glass structure sits far from cities and farmland. It was built to test an idea that once seemed urgent and uncertain. Could humans survive inside a closed world with no ...