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AI is consuming staggering amounts of energy--already over 10% of U.S. electricity--and the demand is only accelerating. Now, researchers have unveiled a radically more efficient approach that could slash AI energy use by up to 100× while actually . ...

Researchers have created a nanoscale structure that traps infrared light in a layer just 40 nanometers thick--over 1,000 times thinner than a human hair. By using a unique material with exceptional light-bending properties, they can confine and ...

Mars may look like a quiet, dusty world, but it's actually buzzing with hidden electrical activity. Powerful dust storms and swirling dust devils generate static electricity strong enough to spark faint glowing discharges across the planet, ...

Modern food systems may look stable on the surface, but they are increasingly dependent on digital systems that can quietly become a major point of failure. Today, food must be "recognized" by databases and automated platforms to be transported, sold ...

Scientists have taken a major step toward futuristic energy tech by building a working prototype of a quantum battery--one that can charge, store, and release energy using the strange rules of quantum physics instead of chemistry. This tiny, laser .. ...

A new breakthrough is transforming MXenes--ultra-thin, high-tech materials--into something far more powerful and precise. Researchers have developed a cleaner, more controlled way to build these materials using molten salts and iodine, eliminating .. ...

Dying stars may be wiping out nearby giant planets as they expand into red giants. Astronomers found that these close-in planets become increasingly rare around more evolved stars, suggesting many have already been swallowed. The likely cause is a .. ...

A group of undergraduate students stumbled into a cosmic time capsule--one of the oldest stars ever discovered--while combing through massive astronomy datasets. What began as a class project quickly turned into a breakthrough when they spotted an .. ...

Asteroid impacts may have helped kick-start life on Earth by creating hot, chemical-rich environments ideal for early biology. These impact-generated hydrothermal systems could have lasted thousands of years--long enough for life's building blocks to ...

Saturn's magnetic field isn't the smooth, symmetrical shield scientists see around Earth. Instead, it's noticeably skewed, and researchers now think they understand why. By analyzing years of data from the Cassini spacecraft, scientists found that a ...