For the first time, scientists have "photographed" a rare plasma instability, where high-energy electron beams form into ...

While the threat that microplastics pose to human and ecological health has been richly documented and is well known, nanoplastics, which are smaller than one micrometer (1/50th the thickness of an ...

Scientists at CERN have made a groundbreaking discovery that deepens our understanding of why the Universe is made of matter ...

As warehouses go, nuclei are more like libraries than bank vaults. Too many cellular components need access to the genome to lock it down like Fort Knox. Instead, large groupings of more than 1,000 ...

CEC is the ability of soil to hold and exchange cations (positively charged nutrients). Higher CEC means better nutrient ...

The macromolecular organization of photosynthetic complexes within the thylakoids of higher plant chloroplasts has been a topic of significant debate. Using in situ cryo-electron tomography, this ...

Gardeners love loam soil because it's moist, soft and full of nutrients. Here's how to get more of it in your garden beds.

An atom is so small that a single drop of water contains more than a billion atoms. Although tiny, atoms are mostly empty ...

When you see pasta, your brain probably doesn't jump to the secrets of the universe. But for almost a century, physicists ...

An electron is a stable and negatively charged subatomic particle that also acts as the carrier of electricity. Each electron carries one unit of negative charge (1.602 x 10-19 coulomb) and has a ...

Polarization density (also known as “electric polarization,” or simply just “polarization”) decides the response of an object towards an electric field. It is also responsible for the ...

A man was charged on Tuesday after he allegedly led Audrain County deputies on a chase on Monday night. Joshua Julius, 37, of Labadie, was charged with aggravated fleeing and four misdemeanors ...