How do different materials react to the impact of ions? This is a question that plays an important role in many areas of research -- for example in nuclear fusion research, when the walls of the ...

About 20 years ago, a neuroscientist named David Eagleman strapped a bunch of students into harnesses, hoisted them to the top of an imposing metal tower, and then, without warning, dropped them 150 ...

Researchers from a renowned U.S. university captured a slow slip earthquake in motion. It was captured during the act of releasing tectonic pressure on a major fault zone at the bottom of the ocean. A ...

You have to see it to believe it: Slinkies look crazy not just tumbling down stairs but in free fall. In a new video, YouTube's favorite Slow Mo Guys capture the puzzling dynamics of the iconic toy at ...