This spring, the museum is hosting events exploring everything from how our ancestors wielded wooden tools to the work of ...

Concussions are a common injury, responsible for as many as 3 million emergency room visits every year. Children playing ...

Book science helps decipher and preserve fragile manuscripts, at a moment when climate change and mass digitization are ...

The nanomaterial vanadyl hydroxide behaves more like a pseudocapacitor than a battery when it forms as a star-shaped ...

A hands-on science festival at the Exploratorium invites visitors to explore the microscopic world through interactive exhibits, live demonstrations and more from leading Bay Area labs.

Star-shaped vanadium hydroxide nanoparticles show that changing a material's shape from sheets to stars shifts its energy ...

Microplastics are everywhere, and the numbers keep rising. Why? The obvious answer is that there are more of them — but that ...

A University of Michigan researcher stumbled upon a crucial caveat for every study of microplastics—lab gloves may have ...

But when we push metal components down to the nanoscale, the traditional rules of physics start to warp. In 3D printing, this is a nightmare, as even a tiny error can wreck an entire structure. Now, a ...

Take a stuffed gorilla pretending to be sick, a network of red and silver streamers, balloons galore, a roomful of nurses grooving to dance music and hundreds of first graders buzzing like ...

A study finds glove-derived particles can contaminate samples, leading to overestimation of microplastics, and emphasizing ...

The tools meant to detect microplastics—lab gloves—might be quietly skewing the results. A new University of Michigan study ...